nome

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a town in western Alaska on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula; an important center of an Alaskan gold rush at the beginning of the 20th century
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Nim \Nim\ (n[i^]m), v. t. [imp. Nam (n[aum]m) or Nimmed (n[i^]md); p. p. Nomen (n[=o]"men) or Nome (n[=o]m).] [AS. niman. [root]7. Cf. Nimble.] To take; to steal; to filch. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

This canon it in his hand nam. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Nome \Nome\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to deal out, distribute.]

1.A province or political division, as of modern Greece or ancient Egypt; a nomarchy. [1913 Webster]

2.Any melody determined by inviolable rules. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Nome \Nome\, n. [Cf. Binomial.] (Alg.) [Obs.] See Term. [1913 Webster] Nome
Nome \Nome\, Nomen \No"men\, obs. p. p. of Nim. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
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