By every wind that nods the mountain pine.
Keats.
Nod (?), n. 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.
Nod"al (?), a. Of the nature of, or relating to, a node; as, a nodal
point.
Nodal line, Nodal point, in a vibrating plate or cord, that line or
point which remains at rest while the other parts of the body are in a
state of vibration.
No"da*ted (?), a. [L. nodatus, p. p. of nodare to make knotty, fr.
nodus knot. See Node.] Knotted.
Nodated hyperbola (Geom.), a certain curve of the third order having
two branches which cross each other, forming a node.
No*da"tion (?), n. [L. nodatio knottiness.] Act of making a knot, or
state of being knotted. [R.]
Nod"der (?), n. One who nods; a drowsy person.
Nod"ding (?), a. Curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top
bent downward.
Nod"dle (?), n. [OE. nodil, nodle; perh. fr. nod, because the head is
the nodding part of the body, or perh. akin to E. knot; cf. Prov. E.
nod the nape of the neck.] 1. The head; - - used jocosely or
contemptuously.
Come, master, I have a project in my noddle.
L'Estrange.