nanander 
nanander (na-nan'der), n. [NL., < L. nan im. 
a dwarf, + Gr. avijp (avop-), male.] Same as 
inicriiiiilir. 
nanandrous (na-nan'drus), a. [As nanander + 
-os.] Having short or dwarf male plants, as 
algffi of the order (Edogoniacea. Compare ma- 
crandrons. 
nan-boyt (nan'boi), n. [< Nan, a fern, name 
(see 2 ), + 60f/.] An effeminate man; a 
"Miss Nancy." 
The gittarn and the lute, the pipe and the flute, 
Are the new alamode lor the nan-toys. 
Merrie DroUerie, p. 12. (Dames.) 
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ficial dwarfing or production of nanism in trees, 
especially as practised by the Japanese. 
Prof. Rein can be poetical without ceasing to be practi- 
cal as well. He is, perhaps, a little hard on the Japanese 
love of dwarfing, or Sanitation. 
The Academy, No. 888, p. 818. 
nankeen, nankin (nan-ken'), . [< Chinese 
Nanking, lit. 'southern capital,' a city of China 
now known as Kiang King fu, the capital of 
the province of Kiang-su and formerly the resi- 
dence of the court, where the fabric was ori- 
ginally manufactured.] 1. A sort of cotton 
cloth, usually of a yellow color, made at Nan- 
nape 
Tinipna = Goth. gn-nipnan, droop, despond. The 
Cuban negro napinapi, nap, sleep, is perhaps 
from E.] To have a short sleep ; be drowsy. 
Tho cam Sleuthe al by-slobered with two slymed eyen. 
" Ich most sitte to be shryuen," quath he, "or elles shal 
ich nappe." Piers Plowman (C), viii. 2. 
To catch or take one napping, (a) To come upon one 
when he is unprepared ; take at a disadvantage. 
Nay, I have ta'en you nappi-ny, gentle love. 
Shak., T. of the 8., iv. 2. 40. 
nancv(nan'si), re.; pi. nancies (-siz). [A famil- king in China. The peculiar color of these fabrics is 
natural to the cotton (Ow<m o. 
iar use of the fern, name Nancy, a dim. of Nan, 
a var. of Ann. Cf. reare 2 .] A small lobster. 
Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
nancy-pretty (nan'si-prif'i), n. [A corruption 
of none-so-pretty.'] A plant, Saxifraga umbrosa. 
Nandidae (nan'di-de), re. pi. [NL., < Nandus 
+ -i(f<r.] A family of acanthopterygian fishes, 
typified by the genus Nandus, having different 
limits, (a) In Giinther's system, a family of Aeanthop- 
terygii perciforme* with'perfect ventrals, no bony stay for 
the preoperculum, and interrupted lateral line, (o) In 
later systems, restricted to the Nandina. 
nandin (nan'din), re. [Jap.] The sacred bam- 
boo, Nandina domestica. 
Nandina 1 (nan-di'nii), n. pi. [NL., < Nandus + 
-a 2 .] In Giiuther's classification, the second 
group of Nandidai, having no pseudobranehiee, 
five ventral rays, and palatine and vomerine nanninose, nannynose (uan'i-uos), re. 
teeth. It includes sundry East Indian fresh- as maninoae. 
water fishes. nanny 1 (nan'i), re.; pi. nannies (-iz). [Short for 
Nandina 2 (nan-di'iia), re. [NL. (Thunberg, nanny-goat.] A nanny-goat. 
1781), < nandin + -tea 1 .] A genus of plants of nanny 2 (nan'i), re. ; pi. nannies (-iz). [Origin 
the order Berberidece and the tribe Serberea', obscure.] In coal-mining, a natural joint, crack, 
characterized by its numerous sepals and pet- or slip in the coal-measures : nearly the same 
als. It consists of a single species, If. domeetica, a tree- as cleat 3 . Gresley. [Yorkshire, Eng.] 
like shrub with much-divided leaves and ample panicles nanny-berry (nan'i-ber"i), re. The sheepberry, 
of small white flowers; it is the sacred bamboo of China. Yibttrimni Lentaao. 
nlldint 1 7nan'di'n)T^'tnd re. [< Nandus + nanny-goat (nan'i-got), n [< Nanny, dim .of 
-ine*.] I.V Of 01 'pertaining to the Nandina. ^n aiem. name (see re 2 ), + jroa*. Cf . Mly- 
II. re. A fish of the group Nandina. !/*] A _ f , em ? le S oat - , 
nandine 2 (nau'din), re. [< Nandinia.'] A quad- nanoiQ (na m id), a. |<.ur. 
I took thee napping, unprepared. 
S. Butter, Hudibras, I. iii. 821. 
(b) To detect in the very act: hence the phrase in the 
quotation. 
Hand Napping that is, when the criminal was taken 
in the very act [of stealing cloth]. 
Defoe, Tour through Great Britain, III. 143. (Dames.) 
nap 1 (nap), . [< wopl, v.~] A short sleep. 
After dinner, ... we all lay down, the day being won- 
derful hot, to sleep, and each of us took a good nap, and 
then rose. Pepys, Mary, III. 189. 
2. pi. Trousers or breeches made of this ma- na p2 (nap), . [Var. of nop, < ME. noppe (the 
AS. "'hnoppa, in Somner, is not authenticated) 
= MD. noppe, D. nop (> OF. nope, noppe, F. dial. 
nope) = MLG. noppe, LG. nobbe, nubbe (cf . G. 
noppe) = Dan. noppe, nap of cloth : usually ex- 
plained as orig. knop or knob, but the forms cited 
forbid this identification.] 1. The woolly or 
villous substance on the surface of cloth, felt, 
or other fabric . It is of many varieties, as the uniform 
short pile of velvet, the knotted pile of frieze and other 
heavy water-proof cloths, etc. Compare ptte. 
Jack Cade, the clothier, means to dress the common- 
sum) of which they are made. Nankeen is now imitated 
in most other countries where cotton goods are woven. 
See cotton-plant and frmoi. 
His nether garment was of yellow nankeen, closely fitted 
to the shape, and tied at his ... knees by large knots of 
white ribbon. J. f. Cooper, Last of Mohicans, i. 
terial. 
Some sudden prick too sharp for humanity especially 
humanity in nankeens to endure without kicking. 
Bvltcer, My Novel, i. 2. 
Nankeen color, in dyeing, the shade of buff obtained 
from iron salts. 
nanmu (uan'mo), . [Chin.] A Chinese tree, 
Fersea Nanmu. Its wood is highly esteemed in China 
for house-carpentry, coffins, etc., on account of its durabil- 
ity and fragrance, and is exported to some extent. 
wealth . 
and set a new nap upon it. 
Shak., 2 Hen. VI., iv. 2. 7. 
Ay, In a threadbare suit ; when men come there 
They must have high naps, and go from thence bare. 
Chapman, Bussy d'Ambois, i. 1. 
2. Some covering resembling the nap of cloth. 
The velvet nap which on his wings doth lie. 
Spenser, Muiopotmos, 1. 333. 
3. A felted cloth used in polishing glass, marble, 
etc. 4. pi. The loops of the warp in uncut 
velvet, which, when cut, form the pile. 5. 
Dress; form; presentation. 
A new lauriat, who, for a man that stands upon paines 
, ,, w Firtnr Tri*m I iiwuvimn ** * ICW muimi., * *i o 
ruped of the genus Nandinia, N. binotata, a na ^],g{ n a. n om'e-Ius), n. [NL.,< Gr. vavof, and not wit, hath performed as much as ai 
In teratol., a mon- 
may doo that sets a new English nap on an olde Latine 
apothegs. Nashe, Pierce Penilesse (1582). 
nap 2 (nap), v. t. ; pret. and pp. napped, ppr. nap- 
ping. [< reaj) 2 , re.] To raise or put a nap on. 
iap*t (nap), n. [ME., also nep, < AS. hncep, 
hnwpp, once irreg. lina-pf, a cup, bowl, = D. nap 
= MLG. nap = OHG. hnapf, napf, napJi, MHG. 
naph, napf, G. napf (> ML. Jianapus, nappus, > 
It. nappo = OF. hanap, > E. hanap, and hanaper, 
hamper 2 , q. v.), a cup, bowl, beaker.] A beaker. 
Nandine {Nandinia binotata}. 
a dwarf, + /ii/j>s, a limb.] 
ster with a dwarfed limb. 
nanosaur (na'uo-sar), n. A small dinosaur of 
the genus Nanosaurus. 
Nanosaurus (na-no-sa'rus), ii. [NL., < Gr. va- 
M>f, a dwarf, + aaii/Mf, a lizard.] A genus of 
small dinosaurs, founded by Marsh in 1877. 
nanosomia (na-no-so'mi-a), 11. [NL., < Gr. va- 
vof, a dwarf, + 'aa/ia, body.] A dwarfing or ^ _ ^ ^ ^ ^ 
dwarfed state of the body; nanism; microso- n 'ap4'( n 'ap)^i.''YA~sYmpTer spelling of I- nap*, but 
in part perhaps < Icel. hnappr, a button, bevy, 
(nan pi), re. [< Nan,_a. tern, name (see cluster, a var. of knappr, a knob, button : see 
a protuberance; the top of 
nanpie (nan'pi), re. [< Nan, a fern, name (see 
handsome kind of paradoxure having a double ?>. +J?* 8 - Cf. magpie.] The magpie. Hal- 
v Aiiii j Littv ii ui u j. .:' J-TJ -p, -, 
row pf spots along the sides, inhabiting Guinea. ' T lw cl '- <- rov ; ,. n 'J , r , TT , , T 
Nandinia (nan-din'i-a), . [NL., from a native Nantest (nan'tez), n. pi. [NL pi. of L. reares 
na,ne ] A genus of viverriue quadrupeds of C""^>. PP r ' of " s .^ lm :.] In , V 1 f "^ n ; 
. c__:i-. & ,-j,.. ,._j ii .tj iif. nfflus s system of classification, the third order 
the family Viverridai and the subfamily Para- 
doxurina;; the nandines. J. E. Gray, 1864. 
nandu (nan'do), re. [S. Amer.] The South 
American ostrich, Riiea americana, and other 
species of that genus. Also spelled nandoo. 
Nandus (uan'dus), re. [NL.] The typical ge- 
third order 
lie Chon- 
drojiterugii of Artedi, or the sharks, rays, chi- 
mseras, and marsipobranchs, and some true 
fishes erroneously considered to be related to 
them. See Amphibia, 2 (a). 
lantokite, nantoquite (nan'to-kit), re. [<A r - 
toko (see def.) + -ite?.] A chlorid of copper 
occurring in white granular masses having an 
adamantine luster, found at Nantoko in Chili. 
A knob; a ^i 
a hill. " [Local, Eng.] 
nap ' (nap), v. t. ; pret. and pp. napped, ppr. imp- 
ping. [< Sw. nappa = Dan. nappe, catch, snatch 
at, seize. Prob. in part a simpler spelling pf 
knap 1 : see knap 1 , and cf. nab 1 . Hence, in 
comp., kidnap.'] To seize; grasp. [Prov. Eng.] 
nap 6 (nap), v. ; pret. and pp. napped, ppr. nap- 
ping. [A simpler spelling of knap 1 , perhaps in- 
volving also ult. AS. hna-ppan (rare), strike. See 
knap 1 .} I. trans. To strike. [Prov. Eng.] 
II. in trans. To cheat. 
Assisting the frail square die with high and low fulluins, 
and other napping tricks. 
Tom Brmvn, Works, III. 60. (Davies.) 
naos (ua'os), re. [< Gr. vaof , Ionic w?of , Attic vei 
f Eolic vavof, a temple, a sanctuary lit. a dwell- - , , A abbreviated form of 1tapo _ 
ing, < vaieiv, dwell, inhabit.] 1. In arclxeol., j^ % 
a temple, as distinguished from hieron, a shrine Nap ^ a (ll a.pe'a), n. [NL. (Linnteus, 1753), ' 
(chapel) or sanctuary (in this latter sense not i*"- f r", ,,i ',. 
nus of fishes of the family Nandidw, including a 
few East Indian species. 
nane (nan), a. and pron. A dialectal (Scotch) 
form of reoree 1 . 
nanest, adv. A Middle English form of nonce. 
nanga (nang'ga), n. [African.] A small harp 
having but three or four strings, used by the 
negroes of Africa ; a negro harp. 
nanism (na'nizm), . [= F. nanisme; as < L. 
)IHX (>F. >i<ii>t),<Gr. vavof, also vawof, a dwarf , 
+ -(>>.] Aberration from normal form by de- nap 1 (nap), 
crease in size; the character or quality of being nappiiiii, 
(chapel) or sanctuary ( 
necessarily implying the presence of any edi- 
fice). 2. In arch., the inclosed chamber or 
cella of an ancient temple, where were placed 
the statue and a ceremonial altar of the di- 
vinity. It is sometimes restricted to an innermost sanc- 
tuary of the cella, which, however, when present, is more 
properly called sekos or adytum. The open vestibule com 
L. napteus, ^ Gr. vairaiot;, of a wooded vale : see 
Nap<ean.~] A genus of dicotyledonous plants of 
the order Malvaceai and the tribe Mah-ete, known 
by its direcious flowers. It consists of a single spe- 
cies. N. diaica, the glade-mallow, a tall perennial with IIKI- 
ple-like leaves and abundant small white flowers, found, 
though rare, in limestone valleys in the eastern and cen- 
tral United States. See cut on following page. 
the epinaos. See cut under pron 
A passage round the naos was introduced, giving access 
to the chambers, which added 10 cubits to its dimensions 
every way, making it 100 cubits by 60. 
J. Fergusson, Hist. Arch., I. 215. 
dwarfed or pygmy; dwarfishness : opposed to 
gigantism. 
nanization (na-ni-za'shon), n. [< L. naimx. 
< Gr. ravof , a dwarf, + -i~e + -ation.] The arti- 
pret. and pp. napped, ppr. 
['< ME. nappen, < AS. hiiappian, Jinaip- ers close about midday. 
woodland vale.] Pertaining to the nymphs of 
dells and glens. Dryden. 
nap-at-noon (nap'at-non'), ii. The yellow 
goafs-beard, Tragopogon pratensis; perhaps 
also T. poi->-(f(ilins: so called because their flow- 
[Prov. Eng.] 
pian (e'f., with added formative, OHG. nnaffcx-n, nape 1 (nap), re. [< ME. nape; perhaps derived 
iniffi:iin, MHG. nafsen), slumber, doze; cf. hitip- from or identical with nap*, with orig. ref. to 
ian, bend, bow the head, also nipian (in pret. tin- slight protuberance on the back of the head, 
pi. nipeden), nod. slumber; Icel. hnipa, droop, above the neck; but this is doubtful.] 1. The 
