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nap

nap is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.To be in a careless, secure state. Wyclif. I took thee napping, unprepared. Hudibras.
  2. 2.A short sleep; a doze; a siesta. Cowper.
  3. 3.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.
  4. 4.pl. The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet. Knight.
  5. 5.To raise, or put, a nap on.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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