J. SANSOM.

_Sauenap, Meaning of_ (Vol. ii., p. 479.).--The word probably means a

_napkin_ or _pinafore_; the two often, in old times, the same thing. The

Cornish name for _pinafore_ is _save-all_. (See Halliwell's _Arch. Dict._)

I need not add that _nap_, _napery_, was a common word for linen.

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