Definition of domestic

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Domestic (a.) Living in or near the habitations of man; domesticated; tame as distinguished from wild; as, domestic animals..

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Swinebread :: Swine (n.) Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is known as lard. The male is specifically called boar, the female, sow, and the young, pig. See Hog..
Finger :: Finger (n.) The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domestic use in the United States, of about four and a half inches or one eighth of a yard..
Lar :: Lar (n.) A tutelary deity; a deceased ancestor regarded as a protector of the family. The domestic Lares were the tutelar deities of a house; household gods. Hence, Eng.: Hearth or dwelling house..
Orfe :: Orfe (n.) A bright-colored domesticated variety of the id. See Id.
Seneschal :: Seneschal (n.) An officer in the houses of princes and dignitaries, in the Middle Ages, who had the superintendence of feasts and domestic ceremonies; a steward. Sometimes the seneschal had the dispensing of justice, and was given high military commands..
Twinter :: Twinter (n.) A domestic animal two winters old.
Stray :: Stray (n.) Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. Used also figuratively..
Ferret :: Ferret (n.) An animal of the Weasel family (Mustela / Putorius furo), about fourteen inches in length, of a pale yellow or white color, with red eyes. It is a native of Africa, but has been domesticated in Europe. Ferrets are used to drive rabbits and rats out of their holes..
Simulty :: Simulty (n.) Private grudge or quarrel; as, domestic simulties..
Laugher :: Laugher (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon.
Storm :: Storm (n.) A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war; violent outbreak; clamor; tumult..
Nun :: Nun (n.) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head.
Provender :: Provender (n.) Dry food for domestic animals, as hay, straw, corn, oats, or a mixture of ground grain; feed..
Stuff :: Stuff (v. t.) Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.
Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, as an inferior, domestic, serf, slave, hired assistant, official helper, etc.; specifically, in a religious sense, to obey and worship..
Wilding :: Wilding (a.) Not tame, domesticated, or cultivated; wild..
Tame :: Tame (superl.) Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird..
Graylag :: Graylag (n.) The common wild gray goose (Anser anser) of Europe, believed to be the wild form of the domestic goose. See Illust. of Goose..
Kamichi :: Kamichi (n.) A curious South American bird (Anhima, / Palamedea, cornuta), often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry, which it defends against birds of prey. It has a long, slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each wing. Although its beak, feet, and legs resemble those of gallinaceous birds, it is related in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese (Anseres). Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied also to the chaja. See Chaja, and S
Palsgrave :: Palsgrave (n.) A count or earl who presided in the domestic court, and had the superintendence, of a royal household in Germany..
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