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2. Fig.: An unclaimed space or
time.

That no-man's land of twilight.

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.

Nome (?), n. [Gr.


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