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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

gnome

, prob. fr. Gr.

γνώμον

one that knows, a guardian, i. e., of the treasures in the inner parts of the earth, or fr. [GREEK] intelligence, both fr.

γνῶναι

γιγνῶσκειν

, to know. See

An imaginary being, supposed by the Rosicrucians to inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the guardian of mines, quarries, etc.

A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance.

(Zool.)

A small owl (

Glaucidium gnoma

) of the Western United States.

Noun.

nome. An imaginary being, supposed by the cabalists, to inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the guardian of mines,quarries. &c.

A brief reflection or maxim. [Not used.]