nacarat (nakarat)

[F. nacarat, A small box I had bought for its brilliancy, of some tropic shell of the colour called nacarat. C. Bronte , Villette, xxix. 2. A crape or fine linen fabric dyed fugitively of this tint, and used by women to give a roseate hue to their complexions. Brande . nachet, n. An obsolete variant of natch2 . Will you just turn this nab of heath, and walk into my na nache-bonet, E. Bronte, Wuthering Heights, xxi. ( Davies , nache- house? 2. The cock of a gun-lock. E. H. Knight. 3. A projecting box screwed to the jamb of a door, or to one door of a pair, to receive the latch or bolt, or both, of a rim-lock.-4t. A hat; a head-covering. Kite. Off with your hats! Pear. Ise keep on my nab. n. An obsolete variant of natch 3. A small parcel or packet. [Scotch in all uses.]