Definition of Nody

Definition of Nody

Nod"dy (?), n.; pl. Noddies (#). [Prob. fr. nod to incline the head, either as in assent, or from drowsiness.] 1. A simpleton; a fool. L'Estrange.

2. (Zoöl.) (a) Any tern of the genus Anous, as A. 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's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

NODDY. A simpleton or fool. Also a kind of low cart,
with a seat before it for the driver, used in and about
Dublin, in the manner of a hackney coach: the fare is
just half that of a coach, for the same distance; so
that for sixpence one may have a set down, as it is
called, of a mile and half, and frequently a tumble
down into the bargain: it is called a noddy from the
nutation of its head. Knave noddy; the old-fashioned
name for the knave of trumps.

- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)

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