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   Nod (nŏd), v. i. [OE. nodden; cf. OHG. knōtōn, genuotōn, to shake, and E. nudge.]
   1. To bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as, “nodding plumes”.
   
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   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”.
   
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   3. To be careless or inattentive; to make a mistake from lack of attention.
   
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   Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream. Pope.
   
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   4. To be drowsy or dull; to doze off, especially while in a sitting position; as, “half the class nodded while the professor droned on”.
   
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   Nod, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nodded (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Nodding.]
   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”.
   
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   2. To signify by a nod; as, “to nod approbation”.
   
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   3. To cause to bend. [Poetic]
   
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   By every wind that nods the mountain pine. Keats.
   
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   Nod (nŏd), n.
   1. A dropping or bending forward of the upper part or top of anything.
   
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   Like a drunken sailor on a mast,
   
   Ready with every nod to tumble down. Shak.
   
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   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; as, “a nod of approval”.
   
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   A look or a nod only ought to correct them [the children] when they do amiss. Locke.
   
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   Nations obey my word and wait my nod. Prior.
   
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   The land of Nod, sleep.
   
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