gomer
noun
Meaning
- A former small Hebrew unit of dry volume equal to about 2.3 L or 2.1 quarts.
- A vessel of one omer.
- The sheaf of barley offered on the second day of Passover.
- The counting of the omer, that is, the period of 49 days between Passover and Shavuot.
- A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars.
- A stupid, awkward, or oafish person.
- An inept trainee or serviceperson.
- An opponent in combat or in training.
- An undesirable hospital patient, or a patient who does not need medical care.
- A dirty, senile, or otherwise unpleasant patient.
- A patient who does not respond to medical treatment.
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