Noma
(||No"ma) n. [NL., fr. Gr. lit., a feeding. See Name.] (Med.) See Canker, n., 1.
Nomad
(Nom"ad) n. [L. nomas, - adis, Gr. pasturing, roaming without fixed home, fr. a pasture, allotted
abode, fr. to distribute, allot, drive to pasture; prob. akin to AS. niman to take, and E. nimble: cf. F.
nomade. Cf. Astronomy, Economy, Nimble, Nemesis, Numb, Number.] One of a race or tribe that
has no fixed location, but wanders from place to place in search of pasture or game.
Nomad
(Nom"ad), a. Roving; nomadic.
Nomade
(Nom"ade) n. [F.] See Nomad, n.
Nomadian
(No*ma"di*an) n. A nomad. [R.]
Nomadic
(No*mad"ic) a. [Gr. . See Nomad.] Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving
from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe. — No*mad"ic*al*ly adv.
Nomadism
(Nom"ad*ism) n. The state of being a nomad.
Nomadize
(Nom"ad*ize) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Nomadized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Nomadizing ] To lead the
life of a nomad; to wander with flocks and herds for the sake of finding pasturage.
The Vogules nomadize chiefly about the Rivers Irtish, Obi, Kama, and Volga.
W. Tooke. Nomancy
(No"man*cy) n. [Cf. F. nomancie, nomance, abbrev. fr. onomancie. See Onomancy.]
The art or practice of divining the destiny of persons by the letters which form their names.
No-man's land
(No"-man's` land`)
1. (Naut.) A space amidships used to keep blocks, ropes, etc.; a space on a ship belonging to no one
in particular to care for.
2. Fig.: An unclaimed space or time.
That no-man's land of twilight.
W. Black. Nomarch
(Nom"arch) n. [Gr. a district + -arch.] The chief magistrate of a nome or nomarchy.
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.
Nombles
(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.
Nombril
(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.
Nome
(Nome) n. [Gr. fr. to deal out, distribute.]
1. A province or political division, as of modern Greece or ancient Egypt; a nomarchy.
2. Any melody determined by inviolable rules. [Obs.]
