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▪ I. nid-nod, v.
[A reduplicative formation on nod v.: cf. niddle-noddle v.]
1. intr. To nod repeatedly.
c1787Burns We're a' noddin, We're a' noddin, nid nid noddin,..at our house at hame. c1817Hogg Tales & Sk. I. 289 She sat nid-nodding. 1892Daily News 18 June 3/3 A green straw hat with large roses nid-nodding from the crown. 1903R. N. Carey Passage Perilous xxiii, The two heads nid-nodded more closely.
2. trans. (with head as object).
1840Hood Kilmansegg, Fancy Ball xxiv, Lady K. nid-nodded her head.
Hence nid-nodding vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1824S. E. Ferrier Inher. lxxix, That odd, little, nid-nodding face. 1833Hood China Mender 11 Great nid-noddin' mandarins, with palsies in the head. 1896Blackw. Mag. Oct. 490/2 The nid-nodding of the red rose.
▪ II. nid-nod, a. poet.
[f. nid-nod v.]
That nid-nods.
1921W. de la Mare Veil 88 Of whispering boughs, and feathery, nid-nod grass. 1937― This Year, Next Year, Poppy, cornflower, nid-nod wheat, The sheaves are ripe for rick. 1941― Bells & Grass 50 The nid-nod daffodil. |