nantokite, nan to quite (nantokit)

[ toko (see def.) + -ite2.] A chlorid of copper occurring in white granular ma es having an adamantine luster, found at Nantoko in Chili. naos (nā'os), n. [ A pa age round the naos was introduced, giving acce to the chambers, which added 10 cubits to its dimensions every way, making it 100 cubits by 60. J. Fergu on, Hist. Arch., I. 215. napl (nap), v. i.; pret. and pp. napped, ppr. napping. [ AS. * hnoppa, in Somner, is not authenticated) = MD. noppe, D. nop (> OF. nope, noppe, F. dial. nope) = MLG. noppe, LG. nob be, nub be (cf. G. noppe ) = Dan. noppe, nap of ch: usually explained 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 pile. Jack Cade, the clothier, means to dre the commonwealth Shak., 2 Hen. VI., iv. 2. 7. . and set a new nap upon it. Ay, in a threadbare suit; when men come there They must have high naps , and go from thence bare. Chapman , Bu y 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 gla , marble, etc.-4. pl. The loops of the warp in uncut velvet, which, when cut, form the pile.- 5. Dre ; form; Dre ; form; presentation. A new lauriat, who, for a man that stands upon paines and not wit, hath performed as much as anie storie dre er may doo that sets a new English nap on an olde Latine apothegs. Nashe , Pierce Penile e (1592).