nap

n. Same as Napoleon, 1, below. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To raise, or put, a nap on. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be in a careless, secure state; to be unprepared; as, to be caught napping. Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

I took thee napping, unprepared. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A plant (Brassica rapa pekinensis) with an elongated celerylike head of broadstalked leaves used as a vegetable in east Asia; called also Chinese cabbage.
Syn. -- Chinese cabbage, celery cabbage, pe-tsai, Brassica rapa pekinensis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A genus consisting of only one species, the glade mallow.
Syn. -- genus Napaea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A name from Greek mythology.
Syn. -- Napea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A highly incediary liquid consisting of gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps, used as a weapon of war in fire bombs and flame throwers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Perh. akin to knap a knop. ] The back part of the neck. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]