dome

n. [ F. dôme, It. duomo, fr. L. domus a house, domus Dei or Domini, house of the Lord, house of God; akin to Gr. &unr_; house, &unr_; to build, and E. timber. See Timber. ] 1. A building; a house; an edifice; -- used chiefly in poetry. [ 1913 Webster ]

Approach the dome, the social banquet share. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) A cupola formed on a large scale. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ “The Italians apply the term il duomo to the principal church of a city, and the Germans call every cathedral church Dom; and it is supposed that the word in its present English sense has crept into use from the circumstance of such buildings being frequently surmounted by a cupola.” Am. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building; as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Crystallog.) A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the planes of such a form. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ If the plane is parallel to the longer diagonal (macrodiagonal) of the prism, it is called a macrodome; if parallel to the shorter (brachydiagonal), it is a brachydome; if parallel to the inclined diagonal in a monoclinic crystal, it is called a clinodome; if parallel to the orthodiagonal axis, an orthodome. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dome doom + book. ] (O. Eng. Law) A book said to have been compiled under the direction of King Alfred. It is supposed to have contained the principal maxims of the common law, the penalties for misdemeanors, and the forms of judicial proceedings. Domebook was probably a general name for book of judgments. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with a dome; shaped like a dome. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A day of judgment. See Doomsday. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Domesday Book, the ancient record of the survey of most of the lands of England, made by order of William the Conqueror, about 1086. It consists of two volumes, a large folio and a quarto, and gives the proprietors' tenures, arable land, woodland, etc. [ Written also Doomsday Book. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Domesmen [ See Doom. ] A judge; an umpire. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. domesticus, fr. domus use: cf. F. domestique. See 1st Dome. ] 1. Of or pertaining to one's house or home, or one's household or family; relating to home life; as, domestic concerns, life, duties, cares, happiness, worship, servants. [ 1913 Webster ]

His fortitude is the more extraordinary, because his domestic feelings were unusually strong. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Of or pertaining to a nation considered as a family or home, or to one's own country; intestine; not foreign; as, foreign wars and domestic dissensions. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Remaining much at home; devoted to home duties or pleasures; as, a domestic man or woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Living in or near the habitations of man; domesticated; tame as distinguished from wild; as, domestic animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Made in one's own house, nation, or country; as, domestic manufactures, wines, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who lives in the family of an other, as hired household assistant; a house servant. [ 1913 Webster ]

The master labors and leads an anxious life, to secure plenty and ease to the domestic. V. Knox. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (Com.) Articles of home manufacture, especially cotton goods. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A family; a household. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]