Homespun

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 - Homespun
Author: Noah Webster

HO’MESPUN, a. Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture.

1. Not made in foreign countries.

2. Plain; coarse; rude; homely; not elegant; as a homespun English proverb; a homespun author.

HO’MESPUN, n. A coarse,unpolished, rustic person.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Homespun," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed October 4, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CK6AI61ICSW3W2F.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Homespun." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 4 Oct. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CK6AI61ICSW3W2F.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Homespun' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 4 October 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CK6AI61ICSW3W2F.