See Also: noddy(medicine)
placer(dictionary)
placer(2)(dictionary)
placer(1)(dictionary)
noddy(4)(dictionary)
noddy(3)(dictionary)
noddy(2)(dictionary)
noddy(1)(dictionary)
Noddy(dictionary)
niddy-noddy(dictionary)

noddy(3) (iou) and placer(2) (iou)


noddy(3) (iou)



noddy noun3. M18.
[Perh. from NOD verb + -Y6. Cf. NODDY noun4.]
A light two-wheeled hackney carriage, formerly used in Ireland and Scotland. M18.
An inverted pendulum fitted with a spring which tends to restore it to a vertical position. M19.

placer(2) (iou)



placer noun2. Chiefly N. Amer. E19.
[Amer. Spanish = deposit, shoal, rel. to placel sandbank from plaza place.]
Mining. A deposit of sand, gravel, or earth, esp. in the bed of a stream, containing particles of gold or Other valuable minerals; a place where this detritus is washed for gold etc.