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homeward-bound

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Adj.1.homeward-bound - oriented toward home; "in a homeward direction"; "homeward-bound commuters"
homeward
orientated, oriented - adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination; "the house had its large windows oriented toward the ocean view"; "helping freshmen become oriented to college life"; "the book is value-oriented throughout"


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And as Ahab, leaning over the taffrail, eyed the homeward-bound craft, he took from his pocket a small vial of sand, and then looking from the ship to the vial, seemed thereby bringing two remote associations together, for that vial was filled with Nantucket soundings.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
There is no order more noisily given or taken up with lustier shouts on board a homeward-bound merchant ship than the command, "Man the windlass
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
No homeward-bound mail-boat was due for three or four days.
The Shadow Line by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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