Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gomer"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Gomer
complete; vanishing. (1.) The daughter of Diblaim, who (probably
in vision only) became the wife of Hosea (1:3).
(2.) The eldest son of Japheth, and father of Ashkenaz,
Riphath, and Togarmah (Gen. 10:2, 3), whose descendants formed
the principal branch of the population of South-eastern Europe.
He is generally regarded as the ancestor of the Celtae and the
Cimmerii, who in early times settled to the north of the Black
Sea, and gave their name to the Crimea, the ancient Chersonesus
Taurica. Traces of their presence are found in the names
Cimmerian Bosphorus, Cimmerian Isthmus, etc. In the seventh
century B.C. they were driven out of their original seat by the
Scythians, and overran western Asia Minor, whence they were
afterwards expelled. They subsequently reappear in the times of
the Romans as the Cimbri of the north and west of Europe, whence
they crossed to the British Isles, where their descendants are
still found in the Gaels and Cymry. Thus the whole Celtic race
may be regarded as descended from Gomer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gomer \Go"mer\, n.
A Hebrew measure. See {Homer}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gomer \Go"mer\, n. (Gun.)
A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy
ordnance, especially in mortars; -- named after the inventor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.]
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