Nap (?), n. Same as Napoleon, 1, below.
Nap , v. t. To raise, or put,
a nap on.
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.
2.
pl. The loops which
are cut to make the pile, in velvet. Knight.
Nap , n. A short sleep; a doze;
a siesta.
Cowper.
Nap (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Napped (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Napping (?).]
[OE. nappen, AS. hnæppian to take a nap, to slumber; cf. AS. hnipian
to bend one's self,
Icel. hnipna, hnīpa, to droop.] 1.
To have a
short sleep; to be drowsy;
to doze.
Chaucer.
2. To be in a careless, secure state. Wyclif.
I took thee
napping, unprepared.
Hudibras.
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