Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of the two curved wooden or metal pieces of a harness that fits around the neck of a draft animal and to which the traces are attached.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Scotch form of
home . - noun A covering; a skin; a membrane.
- noun One of two curved pieces of wood or metal in the harness of a draft-horse, to which the traces are fastened, and which lie upon the collar or have pads attached to them fitting the horse's neck. See cut under
harness . - noun An obsolete or dialectal form of
halm .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One of the two curved pieces of wood or metal, in the harness of a draught horse, to which the traces are fastened. They are fitted upon the collar, or have pads fitting the horse's neck attached to them.
- noun Scot. & O. Eng. Home.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Scottish form of
home - noun Part of the
harness that fits round theneck of adraught horse that the reins pass through. - noun Alternative form of
halm . - noun obsolete A
covering ,skin ,membrane .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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She sat in the churchyard of the ancient parish church of Ruthven; and when she lifted up her eyes, there she saw, in the half-ruined belfry, the old bell, all but hidden with ivy, which the passing wind had roused to utter one sleepy tone; and there beside her, stood the fool with the bell on his arm; and to him and to her the _wow o 'Rivven_ said, "_Come hame, come hame_!"
The Portent & Other Stories George MacDonald 1864
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Indeed it was his custom, though Elsie had not known it, to follow every funeral going to this, his favourite churchyard of Ruthven; and, possibly in imitation of its booming, for it was still tolled at the funerals, he had given the old bell the name of _the wow_, and had translated its monotonous clangour into the articulate sounds -- _come hame, come hame_.
The Portent & Other Stories George MacDonald 1864
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Amidst the sounds of derision that followed him, might be heard the words frequently repeated -- "_Come hame, come hame_."
The Portent & Other Stories George MacDonald 1864
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'Come hame, come hame!' answered the _colonel_, with both accent and quantity heaped on the word _hame_.
Adela Cathcart, Volume 1 George MacDonald 1864
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"One still night of summer, the nurse who watched by her bedside heard her murmur through her sleep, 'I hear it: _come hame -- come hame_.
Adela Cathcart, Volume 1 George MacDonald 1864
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One still night of summer, the nurse who watched by her bedside heard her murmur through her sleep, "I hear it: _come hame -- come hame_.
The Portent & Other Stories George MacDonald 1864
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I am a quiet settler, whose business only is to mak a hame for my wife and bairn; but, if you ask me to drink success to the Congress and confusion to the king's troops, I tell you I willna do it; not even if you are brutal enough, but this I canna believe possible, to carry your threats into execution.
True to the Old Flag A Tale of the American War of Independence 1867
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Prince Charlie cam 'hame' to Rome; and the refusal there of even a titular kingship.
Pickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince Charles Andrew Lang 1878
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"The evening brings a 'hame';" so should it be here -- should it especially be in a dramatic work.
Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial 1871
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"The evening brings a '' hame '" and the end ought to show something to satisfy the innate craving (for it is innate, thank
Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial 1871
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