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, hnIpa, 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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Nap, n.
A short sleep; a doze; a siesta. Cowper.
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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.
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Nap, v. t.
To raise, or put, a nap on.
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Nap (?), n.
Same as Napoleon, 1, below.
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