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A simpleton; a fool.
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- n. A simpleton; a fool.
- n. Any tern of the genus Anous, as A. stolidus.
- n. The arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Sometimes also applied to other sea birds.
- n. An old game at cards.
- n. A small two-wheeled one-horse vehicle.
- n. 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.
- 1. A simpleton; a fool. L'Estrange. 2. (Zoöl.) (a) Any tern of the genus Anous, as A. stolidus. (b) The arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Sometimes also applied to other sea birds. 3. An old game at cards. Halliwell. 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.
- n. A simpleton; a fool. n. Any tern of the genus Anous, as A. stolidus. n. The arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Sometimes also applied to other sea birds. n. An old game at cards. n. A small two-wheeled one-horse vehicle. n. 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.