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