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a. [ L. ab away from + homo, hominis, man. ] Inhuman. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., to the man. ] A phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of a man. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ ‖/mhw>, n. [ F. ] Good nature; pleasant and easy manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to homicide; tending to homicide; murderous; as, a homicidal maniac. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. homicidium, fr. homicida a man slayer; homo man + caedere to cut, kill. See Homage, and cf. Concise, Shed, v. t. ] 1. The killing of one human being by another. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Homicide is of three kinds: justifiable, as when the killing is performed in the exercise of a right or performance of a duty; excusable, as when done, although not as duty or right, yet without culpable or criminal intent; and felonious, or involving what the law terms malice; the latter may be either manslaughter or murder. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who kills another; a manslayer. Chaucer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. homo man + -form. ] In human form. [ Obs. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A homilist.

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. homilétique. See Homily. ] 1. Of or pertaining to familiar intercourse; social; affable; conversable; companionable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His virtues active, chiefly, and homiletical, not those lazy, sullen ones of the cloister. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to homiletics; hortatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. homilétique. ] The art of preaching; that branch of theology which treats of homilies or sermons, and the best method of preparing and delivering them. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who prepares homilies; one who preaches to a congregation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Gr. &unr_; to be in company with. ] (Min.) A borosilicate of iron and lime, near datolite in form and composition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Homilies [ LL. homilia, Gr. &unr_; communion, assembly, converse, sermon, fr. &unr_; an assembly, fr. &unr_; same; cf. &unr_; together, and &unr_; crowd, cf. &unr_; to press: cf. F. homélie. See Same. ] 1. A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A serious or tedious exhortation in private on some moral point, or on the conduct of life. [ 1913 Webster ]

As I have heard my father
Deal out in his long homilies. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

Book of Homilies. A collection of authorized, printed sermons, to be read by ministers in churches, esp. one issued in the time of Edward VI., and a second, issued in the reign of Elizabeth; -- both books being certified to contain a “godly and wholesome doctrine.” [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Of humankind as a species; as, the hominal kingdom. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

p. a. Home-returning; -- used specifically of carrier pigeons. [ 1913 Webster ]

Homing pigeon, any pigeon trained to return home from a distance. Also called carrier pigeon. Most are bred from the domestic pigeon Columba livia. Homing pigeons are used for sending back messages or for flying races. By carrying the birds away and releasing them at gradually increasing distances from home, they may be trained to return with more or less certainty and promptness from distances up to four or five hundred miles. The birds typically do not stop on their way home, and may average as much as 60 miles per hour on their return trip. If the distance is increased much beyond 400 miles, the birds are unable to cover it without stopping for a prolonged rest, and their return becomes doubtful. The record for returnig from a distance is close to 1, 200 miles. Homing pigeons are not bred for fancy points or special colors, but for strength, speed, endurance, and intelligence or homing instinct. Although used since ancient times, homing pigeons have been largely displaced for practical purposes by radio and electronic communications, but they are still used in some special situations at the end of the 20th century. They were used in military operations as recently as in World War II. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

adj. characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures. [ Narrower terms: human (vs. nonhuman) ] WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Any animal of the family Hominidae, including modern man as well as extinct species of the genera Homo and Australopithecus.
Syn. -- homonid. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

prop. n. The natural family of primates including modern man and the extinct immediate ancestors of man.
Syn. -- family Hominidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. characteristic of humankind. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A superfamily of mammals including anthropoid apes and human beings.
Syn. -- superfamily Hominoidea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From North American Indian auhúminea parched corn. ] Maize hulled and broken, and prepared for food by being boiled in water. [ U.S. ] [ Written also homony. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a home or a home circle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quiet, cheerful, homish hospital life. E. E. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'o`pisqen behind + &unr_; the shoulder. ] (Zool.) An order of eellike fishes having the scapular arch attached to the vertebrae, but not connected with the skull. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of killing one's self; suicide. Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Eccl. Hist.) The doctrine of Thomas Aquinas, esp. with respect to predestination and grace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Thomas Aquinas. See Scotist. [ 1913 Webster ]