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17 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Homer \Hom"er\, n. (Zool.)
A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home
from a distance.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Homer \Ho"mer\, n. (Zool.)
See {Hoemother}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Homer \Ho"mer\, n. [Heb. kh[=o]mer.]
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Homer \Ho"mer\, n. (Baseball)
Same as {Home run}.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Hoemother \Hoe"moth`er\, n. [A local Orkney name; cf. Icel.
h[=a]r.] (Zool.)
The basking or liver shark; -- called also {homer}. See
{Liver shark}, under {Liver}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Liver \Liv"er\, n. [AS. lifer; akin to D. liver, G. leber, OHG.
lebara, Icel. lifr, Sw. lefver, and perh. to Gr. ? fat, E.
live, v.] (Anat.)
A very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceral
cavity of all vertebrates.
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Note: Most of the venous blood from the alimentary canal
passes through it on its way back to the heart; and it
secretes the bile, produces glycogen, and in other ways
changes the blood which passes through it. In man it is
situated immediately beneath the diaphragm and mainly
on the right side. See {Bile}, {Digestive}, and
{Glycogen}. The liver of invertebrate animals is
usually made up of c[ae]cal tubes, and differs
materially, in form and function, from that of
vertebrates.
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{Floating liver}. See {Wandering liver}, under {Wandering}.
{Liver of antimony}, {Liver of sulphur}. (Old Chem.) See
{Hepar}.
{Liver brown}, {Liver color}, the color of liver, a dark,
reddish brown.
{Liver shark} (Zool.), a very large shark ({Cetorhinus
maximus}), inhabiting the northern coasts both of Europe
and North America. It sometimes becomes forty feet in
length, being one of the largest sharks known; but it has
small simple teeth, and is not dangerous. It is captured
for the sake of its liver, which often yields several
barrels of oil. It has gill rakers, resembling whalebone,
by means of which it separates small animals from the sea
water. Called also {basking shark}, {bone shark},
{hoemother}, {homer}, and {sailfish}; it is sometimes
referred to as {whale shark}, but that name is more
commonly used for the {Rhincodon typus}, which grows even
larger.
{Liver spots}, yellowish brown patches on the skin, or spots
of chloasma.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
homer
n 1: a base hit on which the batter scores a run [syn: {home run}]
2: ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the
Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
3: an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10
ephahs [syn: {kor}]
4: United States painter best known for his seascapes
(1836-1910) [syn: {Winslow Homer}]
5: pigeon trained to return home [syn: {homing pigeon}]
v : hit a home run
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "homer":
carrier, carrier pigeon, goal, grand slam, hit, hole, hole in one,
home run, homing pigeon, mail car, mail coach, mail packet,
mail train, mail truck, mailer, mailplane, packet boat,
pigeon post, post boat, post car, post coach, post-horse,
post-office car, poster, railway mail car, score, slam, strike,
touchdown
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Homer
heap, the largest of dry measures, containing about 8 bushels or
1 quarter English = 10 ephahs (Lev. 27:16; Num. 11:32) = a COR.
(See {OMER}.)
"Half a homer," a grain measure mentioned only in Hos. 3:2.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Homer, AK (city, FIPS 33140)
Location: 59.63546 N, 151.52217 W
Population (1990): 3660 (1673 housing units)
Area: 28.3 sq km (land), 40.8 sq km (water)
Homer, GA (town, FIPS 39720)
Location: 34.33382 N, 83.49967 W
Population (1990): 742 (332 housing units)
Area: 24.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 30547
Homer, IL (village, FIPS 35814)
Location: 40.03189 N, 87.95893 W
Population (1990): 1264 (516 housing units)
Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 61849
Homer, LA (town, FIPS 35870)
Location: 32.79357 N, 93.05868 W
Population (1990): 4152 (1800 housing units)
Area: 11.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 71040
Homer, MI (village, FIPS 38920)
Location: 42.14547 N, 84.80998 W
Population (1990): 1758 (685 housing units)
Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 49245
Homer, NE (village, FIPS 22920)
Location: 42.32197 N, 96.49110 W
Population (1990): 553 (208 housing units)
Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Homer, NY (village, FIPS 35276)
Location: 42.63781 N, 76.18356 W
Population (1990): 3476 (1379 housing units)
Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 13077
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Homer, AK -- U.S. city in Alaska
Population (2000): 3946
Housing Units (2000): 1873
Land area (2000): 10.582239 sq. miles (27.407871 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 11.852505 sq. miles (30.697845 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 22.434744 sq. miles (58.105716 sq. km)
FIPS code: 33140
Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location: 59.643059 N, 151.525900 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Homer, AK
Homer
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Homer, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 590
Housing Units (2000): 222
Land area (2000): 0.377845 sq. miles (0.978614 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.377845 sq. miles (0.978614 sq. km)
FIPS code: 22920
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 42.320915 N, 96.489960 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Homer, NE
Homer
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Homer, NY -- U.S. village in New York
Population (2000): 3368
Housing Units (2000): 1453
Land area (2000): 1.668653 sq. miles (4.321790 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.668653 sq. miles (4.321790 sq. km)
FIPS code: 35276
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 42.638328 N, 76.183760 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 13077
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Homer, NY
Homer
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Homer, GA -- U.S. town in Georgia
Population (2000): 950
Housing Units (2000): 406
Land area (2000): 9.585301 sq. miles (24.825814 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 9.585301 sq. miles (24.825814 sq. km)
FIPS code: 39720
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 34.333851 N, 83.499844 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 30547
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Homer, GA
Homer
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Homer, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 1200
Housing Units (2000): 511
Land area (2000): 1.026232 sq. miles (2.657929 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.026232 sq. miles (2.657929 sq. km)
FIPS code: 35814
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 40.034972 N, 87.958986 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 61849
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Homer, IL
Homer
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Homer, LA -- U.S. town in Louisiana
Population (2000): 3788
Housing Units (2000): 1709
Land area (2000): 4.581406 sq. miles (11.865786 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.006209 sq. miles (0.016081 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.587615 sq. miles (11.881867 sq. km)
FIPS code: 35870
Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
Location: 32.789863 N, 93.058633 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 71040
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Homer, LA
Homer
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Homer, MI -- U.S. village in Michigan
Population (2000): 1851
Housing Units (2000): 745
Land area (2000): 1.423213 sq. miles (3.686104 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.028332 sq. miles (0.073380 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.451545 sq. miles (3.759484 sq. km)
FIPS code: 38920
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 42.144203 N, 84.806503 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 49245
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Homer, MI
Homer
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