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nod |
6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Nod \Nod\, v. i. [OE. nodden; cf OHG. kn?t?n, genuot?n, to shake, and E. nudge.] 1. To bend or incline the upper part with a quick motion; as nodding plumes. 2. To incline the head with a quick motion; to make a slight bow; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness, with the head; as to nod at one 3. To be drowsy or dull; to be careless. Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream. --Pope. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Nod \Nod\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nodded}; p. pr & vb n. {Nodding}.] 1. To incline or bend, as the head or top to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness with as to nod the head. 2. To signify by a nod; as to nod approbation. 3. To cause to bend. [Poetic] By every wind that nods the mountain pine. --Keats. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Nod \Nod\, n. 1. A dropping or bending forward of the upper oart or top of anything Like a drunken sailor on a mast, Ready with every nod to tumble down --Shak. 2. A quick or slight downward or forward motion of the head, in assent, in familiar salutation, in drowsiness, or in giving a signal, or a command. A look or a nod only ought to correct them [the children] when they do amiss. --Locke. Nations obey my word and wait my nod. --Prior. {The land of Nod}, sleep. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: nod n 1: a sign of assent or salutation or command 2: the act of nodding the head [syn: {nutation}] v 1: express or signify by nodding; "He nodded his approval" 2: lower and raise the head, so as to indicate assent 3: let the head fall forward through drowsiness; "The old man was nodding in his chair" 4: sway gently back and forth, as of flowers or tress in the wind [syn: {sway}] 5: be almost asleep; "The old man sat nodding by the fireplace" From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Nod exile; wandering; unrest, a name given to the country to which Cain fled (Gen.4:16). It lay on the east of Eden. From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Nod, vagabond; fugitive
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