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ˈnotamy etc., aphetized form of anotamy, obs. var. of anatomy, skeleton. (Cf. It., Sp., and Pg. notomia.) Now dial.
1487Ann. Barber-Surgeons (1890) 102, xviij men and ij women hanged; the Barber-surgeons had one of them to be a notheme at ther halle. 1577Holinshed Chron. I. 1816/2 A man chylde.., the heade, armes and legges whereof were like a notamie. 1598Tofte Alba (1880) 111 Who then can rid me (Notamie of Woe) From these hell plagues? 1790Bystander 391 My leg was at last as thin as Tom Muggins's, the notamy in surgeon's hall. 1825Brockett N.C. Gloss., Nottamy, ottamy, a skeleton. 1889Elworthy in N. & Q. Somerset & Dorset 27 Aug., Throughout the Western Counties the usual term for a Skeleton is Nottomy or Notamy. |