American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition - n. The head. Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia - n.
The back part of the head or neck; also, the cerebellum. - n.
The head. - To make light and frequent nods. - To nod or cause
to nod frequently. - n. UK, informal the head; the part of the
body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and
main sense organs. - n. UK, informal the head; the seat of
mental capacity or intellect - n. obsolete the back of the head,
nape. GNU Webster's 1913 - n. The head; also, noodle; -- used
jocosely or contemptuously. - n. obsolete The back part of the
head or neck. - n. an informal British expression for head or
mind - Middle English noddel, back of the head, perhaps from
Latin nōdulus, lump, knob; see nodule. (American Heritage®
Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition) “And had it
not been that they had very well antidoted their stomach, heart,
and wine-pot, which is called the noddle, they had been
altogether suffocated and choked