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proper noun
- Greek poet; author of the w:Iliad, Iliad and the w:Odyssey, Odyssey
- (given name, male)
Translations: Etymology: Greek homÄros "hostage".
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noun
- (biblical, _, measures) An ancient Hebrew measure of capacity, equal to ten ephahs or ten bath
- 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
- (baseball) To get a four-base hit; to get a home run
- The Sultan of Swat homered 714 times.
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