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Pronunciation : Nod"dy
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [Prob. fr. nod to incline the head, either as in assent, or from drowsiness.]
Definition : 1. A simpleton; a fool. L'Estrange.

2. (Zo?l.) (a) Any tern of the genus Anous, as A. stolidus. (b) The arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Sometimes also applied to other sea birds.

3. An old game at cards. Halliwell.

4. A small two-wheeled one-horse vehicle.

5. An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; -- used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached.

pl. Noddies.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913