Category:Homer

Hom"er, n. (Zoöl.)

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

homer Ho"mer, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Hoemother.

homer Ho"mer, n. Etym: [Heb. khomer.]

Defn: 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.]

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Homer - Heap, the largest of dry measures, containing about 8 bushels or 1 quarter English = 10 ephahs (Leviticus 27:16; Numbers 11:32) = a COR. (See OMER.) "Half a homer," a grain measure mentioned only in Hosea 3:2.