(flight), the land to which Cain fled after the murder of Abel. [Cain]
·vt To cause to bend. II. Nod ·vi To be drowsy or dull; to be careless. III. Nod ·vt To signify by...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
vagabond; fugitive ...
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Exile; wandering; unrest, a name given to the country to which Cain fled (Gen. 4:16). It lay on the ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
He is gone to the land of nod; he is asleep. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose