kor

[ kawr, kohr ]

noun

1. homer ².

Word History and Origins

Origin of kor¹

From the Hebrew word kōr

Example Sentences

Some — like the kor moo yahng, a pork collar rubbed with coriander and garlic, then grilled — are classic Northeastern Thai flavors.

From Seattle Times

He constantly speaks of women as a temptation, nearly always using a diminutive kor�sion, korasid�on—little girls—and as a temptation hardly to be resisted by young men.

From Project Gutenberg

Anchor, ang′kor, n. an implement for retaining a ship in a particular spot by temporarily chaining it to the bed of a sea or river.

From Project Gutenberg

The kor, or smallpox, had not visited this place, and we saw and heard no more of this dread disease eastward of this.

From Project Gutenberg

Considering this abundance, it is not surprising that even the halt that could not go far, and the lazy the would not, gathered each a hundred kor.

From Project Gutenberg