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Definition of Nodation
1. n. Act of making a knot, or state of being knotted.
Definition of Nodation
1. Noun. The act of making a knot. ¹
2. Noun. The state of being knotted. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nodation
1. knottiness [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nodation
Literary usage of Nodation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1907)
"... be Ministers of the (Repertory 69, fi With referen remark on this i of
Newgate ' (1( to observe that '. the work he na; "nodation for a For one thing, ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"... the Old Testament, the events of all matters relating to the natural «nodation
of his own time, and the future of the an tn« kingdom of God on earth, ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"nodation, (no-da'-smin) nJ The state of being knotted, or act of making knots.
NODDER, (ngd'-der) nt One who makes nods ; a drowsy person. ..."
4. The Romantic Composers by Daniel Gregory Mason (1906)
"... that complex nodation of plot, that subtle action and reaction of motive,
which every great novel must have, but simply vividness, brilliant depiction ..."
5. American law register by University of Pennsylvania Dept. of Law (1872)
"He may be a stranger, and know not where to find accom- •nodation; the severity
of the winter may surround him, ..."
6. The Parliamentary Debatesby Thomas Curson Hansard, Great Britain Parliament by Thomas Curson Hansard, Great Britain Parliament (1820)
"It was quite asto- lishing to see how eager gentlemen oppo- ite were to arrive
at their favourite contusion, which was, to prevent all accom- nodation ; but ..."