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ry measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels, two pecks, four quarts. [Written also chomer, gomer.]

Of or pertaining to Homer, the most famous of Greek poets; resembling the poetry of Homer. Homeric verse, hexameter verse; -- so called because used by Homer in his epics.

One who fathoms.

to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases. The life Homer has been written by amassing all the traditions and hints the writers could meet with. Pope.

That which goes before in time; that which precedes. South. The Homeric mythology, as well as the Homeric language, has surely its antecedents. Max Miller.

roached the age of manhood. He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have approached Homer. Temple.

Supplemental; not inherent or original; adscititious; additional; assumed. Homer has been reckoned an ascititious name. Pope.

A Hebrew measure containing the tenth of a homer, or five gallons and three pints, as a measure for liquids; and two pecks and five quarts, as a dry measure.

A plaintive cry of, or like that of, a sheep. The bleat of fleecy sheep. Chapman's Homer.

Without miscarriage; not bunglingly; dexterously. [Obs.] "Pope came off clean with Homer." Henley.

being copious; abudance; plenty; also, diffuseness in style. To imitatethe copiousness of Homer. Dryden.

A Hebrew measure of capacity; a homer. [Written also core.]

A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer. Num. xi. 32 (Douay version).

round the altar of Bacchus in a circle. -- Cyclic poets, certain epic poets who followed Homer, and wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so called because keeping within the circle of a singe subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on one subject. Milman.

uccess or effort; splendor; brilliant show; striking effect; glory; renown. "The eclat of Homer's battles." Pope.

One who emulates, or strives to equal or surpass. As Virgil rivaled Homer, Milton was the emulator of both. Bp. Warburton.

ebrew dry measure, supposed to be equal to two pecks and five quarts. ten ephahs make one homer.

ess methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce.

A Hebrew measure. See Homer.

actyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Æneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity. Leaped like the | roe when he | hears in the | woodland the | voice of the | huntsman. Longfellow. Strongly it | bears us a- | long on | swel…