Bible Dictionaries
Nap

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A short sleep; a doze; a siesta.

(2):

(v. i.) To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.

(3):

(n.) Woolly or villous surface of felt, cloth, plants, etc.; an external covering of down, of short fine hairs or fibers forming part of the substance of anything, and lying smoothly in one direction; the pile; - as, the nap of cotton flannel or of broadcloth.

(4):

(n.) The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet.

(5):

(v. t.) To raise, or put, a nap on.

(6):

(v. i.) To be in a careless, secure state.

(7):

(n.) Same as Napoleon, 1, below.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Nap'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​n/nap.html. 1828.