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v. t. [ AS. blōdl&aemacr_;tan; blōd blood + l&aemacr_;atan to let. ] bleed; to let blood. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, lets blood; a phlebotomist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp. applied to venesection. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small Scotch coin worth about one sixth of an English penny. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Sir Thomas Bodley, or to the celebrated library at Oxford, founded by him in the sixteenth century. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Origin uncertain. ] 1. The whole collection or lot; caboodle. [ Low, U. S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Money given in payment for votes or political influence; bribe money; swag. [ Polit. slang, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The whole collection; the entire quantity or number; -- usually in the phrase
the whole caboodle or
the whole kit and caboodle. [ Slang, U.S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. the crowing sound made by a rooster. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. See Coddle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. Cruddle, Crudle. ] 1. To cower or cuddle together, as from fear or cold; to lie close and snug together, as pigs in straw. [ Prov. Eng. ] Wright. Forby. [ 1913 Webster ]

A dove to fly home to her nest and croodle there. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fawn or coax. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To coo. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Dawdle. ] A trifler; a simple fellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. G. dudelsack. ] The Scotch bagpipe. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without food; barren. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A stupid or insignificant fellow; a fool; a simpleton. [ R. ] Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In golden terms or a golden manner; splendidly; delightfully. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having, or acknowledging, no God; without reverence for God; impious; wicked. -- God"less*ly, adv. -- God"less*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no goods. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no hood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Noddle, Noddy. ] 1. A simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The chuckling grin of noodles. Sydney Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The head; also, noddle; -- used jocosely or contemptuously; as, use your noodle.
Syn. -- noggin. [ PJC ]

n. [ G. nudel vermicelli. ] A thin strip of dough, made with eggs, rolled up, cut into small pieces, and used in soup. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A young coalfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. pudel. ] (Zool.) A breed of dogs having curly hair, and often showing remarkable intelligence in the performance of tricks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An imaginary creature, of undefined character. [ Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Having no wood; destitute of wood. Mitford. -- Wood"less*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. 1. The name of a tune adopted popularly as one of the national airs of the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Humorously, a Yankee. [ 1913 Webster ]

We might have withheld our political noodles
From knocking their heads against hot Yankee-Doodles. Moore. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Yodeled, Yodled; p. pr. & vb. n. Yodeling, Yodling. ] [ G. jodeln. ] To sing in a manner common among the Swiss and Tyrolese mountaineers, by suddenly changing from the head voice, or falsetto, to the chest voice, and the contrary; to warble. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. A song sung by yodeling, as by the Swiss mountaineers. [ 1913 Webster ]