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A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.

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  1. n. A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.
  2. n. See Hoemother.
  3. n. 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.
  4. n. a base hit on which the batter scores a run
  5. n. an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs
  6. n. pigeon trained to return home
  7. v. hit a home run
  8. A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance. See Hoemother. 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.]
  9. A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home froma distance.
  10. v:14/n:86 n. a base hit on which the batter scores a run n. ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC) n. an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs