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proper noun 
  1. Greek poet; author of the w:Iliad, Iliad and the w:Odyssey, Odyssey
  2. (given name, male)
Translations: 
  • French: Homère
Etymology: Greek homÄros "hostage".

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noun 
  1. (biblical, _, measures) An ancient Hebrew measure of capacity, equal to ten ephahs or ten bath
    1. Etymology 2, baths, and approximately equal to ten or eleven bushels.
    • 1611, w:King James Version of the Bible, King James Version of the Bible, w:Book of Ezekiel, Book of Ezekiel, s:Bible (King James)/Ezekiel
    • Chapter 45, 45:11,
    • : The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an , and the ephah the tenth part of an : the measure thereof shall be after the .
    • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses,
    • : Head up! For every newbegotten thou shalt gather thy of ripe wheat.
verb 
  1. (baseball) To get a four-base hit; to get a home run
The Sultan of Swat homered 714 times.
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