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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Nap \Nap\, n. A short sleep; a doze; a siesta. --Cowper.

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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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Nap \Nap\, v. t. To raise, or put, a nap on.

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Nap \Nap\, n. Same as Napoleon, 1, below.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)