Harvest-home

Harvest-home
Harvest-home Har"vest-home" (-h[=o]m), n. 1. The gathering and bringing home of the harvest; the time of harvest. [1913 Webster]

Showed like a stubble land at harvest-home. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. The song sung by reapers at the feast made at the close of the harvest; the feast itself. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

3. A service of thanksgiving, at harvest time, in the Church of England and in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. [1913 Webster]

4. The opportunity of gathering treasure. --Shak. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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