What is an ornamented or painted ball or boss fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts were rolled. Dr. W. Smith called?
umbilicus — (Gr. & Rom. Antiq.) An ornamented or painted ball or boss fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts were rolled. Dr. W. Smith. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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