noddy

noddy is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] A simpleton; a fool. L`Estrange.

[2] Any tern of the genus Anous, as A. stolidus.

[3] The arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Sometimes also applied to other sea birds.

[4] An old game at cards. Halliwell.

[5] A small two-wheeled one-horse vehicle.

[6] 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.

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