||Na`cré" (?), a. [F. See Nacre.] (Art) Having the peculiar iridescence of nacre, or mother-of-pearl, or an iridescence resembling it; as, nacré ware.
Na*ga"na (?), n. [Prob. native name.] (Med.) The disease caused by the tsetse fly. [South Africa]
Na"nism (?), n. [Gr. &?; + -ism: cf. F. nanisme.] The condition of being abnormally small in stature; dwarfishness; -- opposed to gigantism.
Nap (?), n. Same as Napoleon, 1, below.
Na*po"le*on (?), n. 1. (Card Playing) (a) A game in which each player holds five cards, the eldest hand stating the number of tricks he will bid to take, any subsequent player having the right to overbid him or a previous bidder, the highest bidder naming the trump and winning a number of points equal to his bid if he makes so many tricks, or losing the same number of points if he fails to make them. (b) A bid to take five tricks at napoleon. It is ordinarily the highest bid; but sometimes bids are allowed of wellington, or of blucher, to take five tricks, or pay double, or treble, if unsuccessful.