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Nod

Nod (nod)
v. i.(?)
Nod
[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.


Nod

Nod (nod)
v. t.
Nod
  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.


Nod

Nod (nod)
n.(?)
Nod
  1. A dropping or bending forward of the upper part 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.














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