in Jewish antiquity. See CORUS.

ST OMER'S, a strong, fortified, large, and populous town of France, in the department of the straits of Calais, with a castle and a bishop's see. It is a fortress of considerable importance, and surrounded on one side with a large morass; and about it there are many sluices, which serve to carry the water off when it is overflowed; and in the midst of the morass there is a fort of floating islands covered with verdure and trees. The cathedral is a handsome structure; and there are other fine buildings, with a rich Benedictine abbey. The French became masters of this place in 1679. It is seated on the river Aa, and on the side of a hill, eight miles north-west of Aire, and 135 north of Paris. E. Long. 2. 20. N. Lat. 54. 45.