\Do*mes"tic\, 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.
         His fortitude is the more extraordinary, because his
         domestic feelings were unusually strong. --Macaulay.
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.
3. Remaining much at home; devoted to home duties or
   pleasures; as, a domestic man or woman.
4. Living in or near the habitations of man; domesticated;
   tame as distinguished from wild; as, domestic animals.
5. Made in one's own house, nation, or country; as, domestic
   manufactures, wines, etc.

\Do*mes"tic\, n.
1. One who lives in the family of an other, as hired
   household assistant; a house servant.
         The master labors and leads an anxious life, to
         secure plenty and ease to the domestic. --V. Knox.
2. pl. (Com.) Articles of home manufacture, especially cotton
   goods. [U. S.]