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3. To cause to bend. [Poetic]

By every wind that nods the mountain
pine.

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.

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.

Nations obey my word and wait my
nod.

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.


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