gnome

[Gnome]

Ever seen pictures in children’s books of wizened little trolls with red caps and wrinkled faces? Those are gnomes, imaginary characters popular in fairy tales and folklore. For some reason, they’ve lately become popular as garden statuary.

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

Noun
a short pithy saying expressing a general truth

Noun
a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure


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

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

n.
A small owl (Glaucidium gnoma) of the Western United States.

n.
A brief reflection or maxim.


Gnome

Gnome , n. [F. gnome, prob. fr. Gr. one that knows, a guardian, i. e., of the treasures in the inner parts of the earth, or fr. intelligence, both fr. , , to know. See Know.] 1. An imaginary being, supposed by the Rosicrucians to inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the guardian of mines, quarries, etc. 2. A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance. 3. (Zo'94l.) A small owl (Glaucidium gnoma) of the Western United States. 4. [Gr. .] A brief reflection or maxim. Peacham.

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

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