Homer : (noun)
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) [syn: Homer]
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: Homer, Winslow Homer]
5: pigeon trained to return home [syn: homing pigeon]
(verb)
1: hit a home run
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
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.
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 (Zo["o]l.), 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
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Hoemother \Hoe"moth`er\, n. [A local Orkney name; cf. Icel.
h[=a]r.] (Zo["o]l.)
The basking or liver shark; -- called also homer. See
Liver shark, under Liver.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Homer : \Hom"er\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home
from a distance.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Homer : \Ho"mer\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See Hoemother.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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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.
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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