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Bot.: Tragopogon parvifolius. nap-warp, 8. Weaving: Pile-warp. In fustian-weaving, the upper warp covering the main warp or nap. nắp (1), *nappe, v . i . [A. S. hnæppian =to nap; originally to nod, and allied to A. S. hnipian =to bend one's self, and Icel. hnipna =to droop, to despond; cf. Bavarian knappen to nod with the head.] 1. To slumber; to take a short sleep; to doze. "So he shall not nappe , neither slepe, that helpeth Israel."-Wycliffe: Psalm cxxi. 4. 2. To be off one's guard; to be carele or unpre pared. (Only in the pr. par.) "I took thee napping , unprepar'd." Butler: Hudibras, i. 3. năp (2), v . t . [NAP (3), s .] To raise or put a nap on. nāpe, s . [Prop.=knob or projection, and a va riant of knappe a knob, a button; cf. Icel. knappr , hnaffer ; Wel. cnap a knob, a stud, a button.] [NAP (3), s .] The back part of the neck; the prominent part of the neck behind. "Turn your eyes toward the napes of your necks, and make but an interior survey of your good selves."Shakesp.: Coriolanus, ii. 1. na-pěll, s. (Etym. doubtful.] Bot.: Lathyrus macrorrhizus , the Bitter Vetch (q. v.). "Hot napell making lips and tongue to swell." Sylvester: The Furies, 179.