Napkin pattern. See Linen scroll, under Linen. -- Napkin ring, a ring
of metal, ivory, or other material, used to inclose a table napkin.
Nap"less, a. Without nap; threadbare. Shak.
Na"ples yel"low (?). See under Yellow.
Na*po"le*on (?), n. [From the Emperor Napoleon 1.] A French gold coin
of twenty francs, or about $3.86.
Na*po`le*on"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to Napoleon I., or his family;
resembling, or having the qualities of, Napoleon I. Lowell.
Na*po"le*on*ist (?), n. A supporter of the dynasty of the Napoleons.
Nappe (?), n. [F. nappe cloth, sheet. See Napery.] (Geom.) Sheet;
surface; all that portion of a surface that is continuous in such a way
that it is possible to pass from any one point of the portion to any
other point of the portion without leaving the surface. Thus, some
hyperboloids have one nappe, and some have two.
Nap"pi*ness (?), n. [From 2d Nappy.] The quality of having a nap;
abundance of nap, as on cloth.
Nap"ping (?), n. 1. The act or process of raising a nap, as on cloth.
2. (Hat Making) A sheet of partially felted fur before it is united to
the hat body. Knight.
Nap"py (?), a. [From 1st Nap.] 1. Inclined to sleep; sleepy; as, to
feel nappy.
2. Tending to cause sleepiness; serving to make sleepy; strong; heady;
as, nappy ale. [Obs.] Wyatt.
Nap"py, a. [From 3d Nap.] Having a nap or pile; downy; shaggy. Holland.
Nap"py, n.; pl. Nappies (#). [OE. nap, AS. hnæp cup, bowl. See
Hanaper.] A round earthen dish, with a flat bottom and sloping sides.
[Written also nappie.]
Nap"-tak`ing (?), n. A taking by surprise; an unexpected onset or
attack. Carew.
||Na*pu" (?), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A very small chevrotain
||(Tragulus Javanicus), native of Java. It is about the size of a hare,
||and is noted for its agility in leaping. Called also Java musk deer,
||pygmy musk deer, and deerlet.
||Na"pus (?), n. [L.] (Bot.) A kind of turnip. See Navew.
Nar"ce*ine (?), n. [L. narce numbness, torpor, Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;: cf.
F. narcéïne.] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in small quantities in opium,
and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a bitter astringent
taste. It is a narcotic. Called also narceia.
Nar*cis"sine (?), a. Of or pertaining to Narcissus.
Nar*cis"sus (?), n.; pl. Narcissuses (#). [L. narcissus, and
(personified) Narcissus, Gr. na`rkissos, Na`rkissos, fr. na`rkh torpor,
in allusion to the narcotic properties of the flower. Cf. Narcotic.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of endogenous bulbous plants with handsome flowers,
having a cup-shaped crown within the six-lobed perianth, and comprising
the daffodils and jonquils of several kinds.
2. (Classical Myth.) A beautiful youth fabled to have been enamored of
his own image as seen in a fountain, and to have been changed into the
flower called Narcissus.
||Nar*co"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. na`rkwsis. See Narcotic.] (Med.)
||Privation of sense or consciousness, due to a narcotic.
Nar*cot"ic (?), a. [F. narcotique, Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;,
fr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?; to benumb, na`rkh numbness, torpor.] (Med.)
Having the properties of a narcotic; operating as a narcotic.
-- Nar*cot"ic*ness, n.
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Nar*cot"ic (?), n. (Med.) A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally
allays morbid susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but
which, in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions, and,
when given in sufficient quantity, causes death. The best examples are
opium (with morphine), belladonna (with atropine), and conium.
Nercotykes and opye (opium) of Thebes.
Chaucer.
Nar*cot"ic*al (?), a. Narcotic.
-- Nar*cot"ic*al*ly, adv.
Nar"co*tine (?), n. [Cf. F. narcotine. Cf. Cotarnine.] (Chem.) An
alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline
substance, tasteless and less poisonous than morphine; -- called also
narcotia.
Nar`co*tin"ic (?), a. Pertaining to narcotine.
Nar"co*tism (?), n. [Cf. F. narcotisme.] Narcosis; the state of being
narcotized. G. Eliot.
Nar"co*tize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Narcotized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Narcotizing (?).] To imbue with, or subject to the influence of, a
narcotic; to put into a state of narcosis.
Nard (?), n. [AS., fr. L. nardus, Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;; cf. Heb.
nêrd, Per. nard, Scr. nalada.] 1. (Bot.) An East Indian plant
(Nardostachys Jatamansi) of the Valerian family, used from remote ages
in Oriental perfumery.