| land of Nod | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Old Testament a region to the east of Eden to which Cain went after he had killed Abel (Genesis 4:14) |
| 2. | an imaginary land of sleep |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
To “go off to the land of Nod,” or to “nod off,” is to go to sleep: “What a boring speech! Half the listeners are on their way to the land of Nod.”