Noddy

·noun A simpleton; a fool.

II. Noddy ·noun An old game at cards.

III. Noddy ·noun A small two-wheeled one-horse vehicle.

IV. Noddy ·noun Any tern of the genus Anous, as A. stolidus.

V. Noddy ·noun The arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Sometimes also applied to other sea birds.

VI. Noddy ·noun 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.

noddy
A simpleton or fool. Also a kind of low cart, with a seat before it for the driver, used in and abou...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
noddy
n. common English name for the sea-bird.The species observed in Australia are – – The Noddy – – Anou...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
noddy
The Sterna solida, a dark web-footed sea-bird, common about the West Indies. Also, a simpleton; so u...

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