ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
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an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs
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United States painter best known for his seascapes (1836-1910)
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pigeon trained to return home
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hit a home run
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Homer \Hom"er\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.
Homer \Ho"mer\, n. (Zo["o]l.) See {Hoemother}.
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}.]
Homer \Ho"mer\, n. (Baseball) Same as {Home run}. [PJC]
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}; 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.
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}.
A two-run homer by veteran Don Baylor helped lift the Twins to a fifth-inning tie, and a grand-slam home run by hometown boy Kent Hrbek put it away in the next frame.
John Dale "Johnny" Sylvester, who became the most famous little sick boy in America after Babe Ruth promised to smack a World Series homer for him _ and hit three _ has died 63 years later.
Five years ago: American League President Lee MacPhail threw out an umpire's decision to disallow a two-run homer by George Brett on July 24 because of too much pine tar on Brett's bat.
A fifth-inning, three-run homer by shortstop Cal Ripkin Jr., one of their few name-brand players, provided more than enough scoring.
And when Hrbek's second homer of the game made it 4-2, he said, "It looks like we may have to hang out one more night." At least.