Sentence:  She glanced at the man <WSD>nodding</WSD> beside her , a man with weather cracks furrowed into his lean cheeks , with powdery pale eyes reflecting all the droughts he had seen , reflecting the sky and the drought which must follow now in August - yes , with eyes predicting the drought and here it was only June , only festival time again and thoughts of Gratt Shafer would not leave her . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  express or signify by nodding