[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hexameter \hexam"eter\, n. l., fr. gr. ? of six meters; sc.
   ? hexameter verse; "e`x six + ? measure: cf. f.
   hexam`etre. see six, and meter. gr.  lat. pros.
   a verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either
   dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl,
   and the sixth always a spondee. in this species of verse are
   composed the iliad of homer and the aeneid of virgil. in
   english hexameters accent takes the place of quantity.
   1913 webster

         leaped like the | roe when he | hears in the | woodland
         the | voice of the | huntsman.           --longfellow.
   1913 webster

         strongly it | bears us a- | long on | swelling and |
         limitless | billows,
         nothing be- | fore and | nothing be- | hind but the |
         sky and the | ocean.                     --coleridge.
   1913 webster
see also:
six meter 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hexameter \hexam"eter\, a.
   having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees.
   --holland. hexametric

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

verse \verse\ v~ers, n. oe. vers, as. fers, l. versus a
   line in writing, and, in poetry, a verse, from vertere,
   versum, to turn, to turn round; akin to e. worth to become:
   cf. f. vers. see worth to become, and cf. advertise,
   averse, controversy, convert, divers, invert,
   obverse, prose, suzerain, vortex.
   1. a line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet
      see foot, n., 9 disposed according to metrical rules.
      1913 webster

   note: verses are of various kinds, as hexameter,
         pentameter, tetrameter, etc., according to the
         number of feet in each. a verse of twelve syllables is
         called an alexandrine. two or more verses form a
         stanza or strophe.
         1913 webster

   2. metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed
      in metrical form; versification; poetry.
      1913 webster

            such prompt eloquence
            flowed from their lips in prose or numerous verse.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

            virtue was taught in verse.           --prior.
      1913 webster

            verse embalms virtue.                 --donne.
      1913 webster

   3. a short division of any composition. specifically: 
      1913 webster
      a a stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses.
          1913 webster

   note: although this use of verse is common, it is
         objectionable, because not always distinguishable from
         the stricter use in the sense of a line.
         1913 webster
      b script. one of the short divisions of the chapters
          in the old and new testaments.
          1913 webster

   note: the author of the division of the old testament into
         verses is not ascertained. the new testament was
         divided into verses by robert stephens or estienne, a
         french printer. this arrangement appeared for the first
         time in an edition printed at geneva, in 1551.
         1913 webster
      c mus. a portion of an anthem to be performed by a
          single voice to each part.
          1913 webster

   4. a piece of poetry. "this verse be thine." --pope.
      1913 webster

   blank verse, poetry in which the lines do not end in
      rhymes.

   heroic verse. see under heroic.
      1913 webster
see also:
worth advertise averse controversy convert divers 
invert obverse prose suzerain vortex 
foot hexameter pentameter tetrameter alexandrine 
blank verse heroic verse heroic 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

hexameter
     n : a verse line having six metrical feet

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