| n. | 1. | A simpleton; a fool. |
| 2. | (Zool.) Any tern of the genus Anous, as Anous stolidus. |
| 3. | An old game at cards. |
| 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. |