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Webster 1913 Edition
Noddy
Nod′dy
,Noun.
pl.
Noddies
(#)
. [Prob. fr.
nod
to incline the head, either as in assent, or from drowsiness.] 1.
A simpleton; a fool.
L’Estrange.
Syn. – tomnoddy.
2.
(Zool.)
(a)
Any tern of the genus
Anous
, as Anous 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Noddy
NODDY
,Noun.
1.
A simpleton; a fool.2.
A fowl of the genus Sterna, very simple and easily taken.3.
A game at cards.