Defn: The chief magistrate of a nome or nomarchy.
NOMARCHY
Nom"arch*y, n.; pl. Nomarchies (.
Defn: A province or territorial division of a kingdom, under the rule of a nomarch, as in modern Greece; a nome.
NOMBLES Nom"bles, n. pl. Etym: [F. nombles, fr. L. lumbulus, dim. of lumbus a loin. Cf. Numbles, Umbles, Humbles.]
Defn: The entrails of a deer; the umbles. [Written also numbles.]
Johnson.
NOMBRIL Nom"bril, n. Etym: [F. nombril, for OF. lombril, i. e., ombril, with the article, a dim. fr. L. umbilicus the navel. See Navel.] (Her.)
Defn: A point halfway between the fess point and the middle base point of an escutcheon; — called also navel point. See Escutcheon.
NOME
Nome, n. Etym: [Gr.
1. A province or political division, as of modern Greece or ancient Egypt; a nomarchy.
2. Any melody determined by inviolable rules. [Obs.]