HOMER

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.

2.
n.

See Hoemother.

3.
n.

A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid measure, ten baths, equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one pint; and, as a dry measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels, two pecks, four quarts. [Written also chomer, gomer.]


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