nappy

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Nap Nap (n[a^]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Napped (n[a^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Napping (n[a^]p”p[i^]ng).] [OE. nappen, AS. hn[ae]ppian to take a nap, to slumber; cf. AS. hnipian to bend one’s self, Icel. hnipna, hn[imac]pa, to droop.] 1. To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze. –Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

2. To be in a careless, secure state; to be unprepared; as, to be caught napping. –Wyclif. [1913 Webster +PJC]

I took thee napping, unprepared.–Hudibras. [1913 Webster]

Nap Nap, n. Same as Napoleon, 1, below. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Nap Nap, v. t. To raise, or put, a nap on. [1913 Webster]

Nap Nap, n. [OE. noppe, AS. hnoppa; akin to D. nop, Dan. noppe, LG. nobbe.] 1. Woolly or villous surface of felt, cloth, plants, etc.; an external covering of down, of short fine hairs or fibers forming part of the substance of anything, and lying smoothly in one direction; the pile; as, the nap of cotton flannel or of broadcloth. [1913 Webster]

2. pl. The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet. –Knight. [1913 Webster]

Nap Nap, n. A short sleep; a doze; a siesta. –Cowper. [1913 Webster]

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