2. Fig.: An unclaimed space or time.

That no-man's land of twilight.

W. Black.

Nom"arch (?), n. [Gr. &?; a district + -arch.] The chief magistrate of

a nome or nomarchy.

Nom"arch*y (?), n.; pl. Nomarchies (&?;). A province or territorial

division of a kingdom, under the rule of a nomarch, as in modern

Greece; a nome.

Nom"bles (?), n. pl. [F. nombles, fr. L. lumbulus, dim. of lumbus a

loin. Cf. Numbles, Umbles, Humbles.] The entrails of a deer; the

umbles. [Written also numbles.] Johnson.

Nom"bril (?), n. [F. nombril, for OF. lombril, i. e., ombril, with the

article, a dim. fr. L. umbilicus the navel. See Navel.] (Her.) A point

halfway between the fess point and the middle base point of an

escutcheon; -- called also navel point. See Escutcheon.

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