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naker

naker


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nacre  \Na"cre\,  n.  [F.,  cf  Sp  n['a]cara,  n['a]car,  It 
  nacchera  naccaro  LL  nacara,  nacrum;  of  Oriental  origin, 
  cf  Ar  nak[=i]r  hollowed.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  pearly  substance  which  lines  the  interior  of  many  shells, 
  and  is  most  perfect  in  the  mother-of-pearl.  [Written  also 
  {nacker}  and  {naker}.]  See  {Pearl},  and  {Mother-of-pearl}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Naker  \Na"ker\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Same  as  {Nacre}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Naker  \Na"ker\,  n.  [OE.  nakere,  F.  nakaire  LL  nacara,  Per. 
  naq[=a]ret.] 
  A  kind  of  kettledrum.  [Obs.]  --  Chaucer.