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Pronunciation : Nap
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. nappen, AS. hn&ppian to take a nap, to slumber; cf. AS. hnipian to bend one's self, Icel. hnipna, hnipa, to droop.]
Definition : 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.

i. [imp. & p. p. Napped; p. pr. & vb. n. Napping.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Nap
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A short sleep; a doze; a siesta. Cowper.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Nap
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. noppe, AS. hnoppa; akin to D. nop, Dan. noppe, LG. nobbe.]
Definition : 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.

Defn: The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet. Knight.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Nap
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To raise, or put, a nap on.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913