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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nap \Nap\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Napped}; p. pr & vb n.
{Napping}.] [OE. nappen, AS hn[ae]ppian to take a nap, to
slumber; cf AS hnipian to bend one's self Icel. hnipna
hn[=i]pa, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nap \Nap\, n.
A short sleep; a doze; a siesta. --Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
2. pl The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet.
--Knight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nap \Nap\, v. t.
To raise, or put a nap on
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nap \Nap\, n.
Same as {Napoleon}, 1, below.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
nap
n 1: a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a
little sleep"; "a brief nap" [syn: {sleep}]
2: a soft or fuzzy surface texture
3: a short sleep (usually not in bed) [syn: {catnap}, {cat
sleep}, {forty winks}, {short sleep}, {snooze}]
v : take a siesta; "She naps everyday after lunch for an hour"
[syn: {catnap}, {catch a wink}]
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]:
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