1. The head; — used jocosely or contemptuously. Come, master, I have a project in my noddle. L'Estrange.
2. The back part of the head or neck. [Obs.] For occasion … turneth a bald noddle, after she hath presented her locks in front, and no hold taken. Bacon.
NODDY Nod"dy, n.; pl. Noddies. Etym: [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.
NODE
Node, n. Etym: [L. nodus; perh. akin to E. knot. Cf. Noose, Nowed.]
1. A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.