chomer

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chomer - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.]
     [1913 Webster]