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Origin: Prob. Fr. Nod to incline the head, either as in assent, or from drowsiness.

1. A simpleton; a fool.

2. <ornithology> Any tern of the genus Anous, as A. Stolidus. The arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Sometimes also applied to other sea birds.

3. An old game at cards.

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.

Source: Websters Dictionary