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NAAIL.—To secure. "I managed to naail the rat by the taail jus' as a was a-gettin' inside his hawle."

NAAIL-PASSER.—The usual name for a gimlet.

NAAYTION.—Great, large, extreme. "Ther was a naaytion lot o' paple at Vaair to-daay to be zure."

NAAYTION ZIGHT.—A great deal. "I'd a naaytion zight zooner hev dree gals to bring up nor one bwoy."

NAB.—To detect, surprise, or seize in the act. "I nabbed 'un jus' as a was a-maaykin aff wi' the taayters on his shawlder."

NAG.—To say irritating things. "She nags at I zo's I wunt bide at whoam moor 'n I be 'bliged to 't." "Naggin at" is the habit above referred to.

NAISTY.—Spiteful. "A zims inclined to be naisty toward us. zo thess kape out o' his waay."

NANNY GO-AT.{{mdash}The female goat; the male being the.

NAPSY.—An abscess.

NARN, or NARRUN, or NARRA-ONE.—Not one. These are the negatives respectively of "arn," "arrun," and "arra-one."

"Be ther arra prong in the staayble?" "No, ther bent narn ther, but I'll zee if ther be arra-one in the bern."

NAT.—A knot. "When I wants to mind zummit, I ties a nat in my pockut hankercher" (when I wish to remember something, &c., &c.)

NATOMY.—Contemptuously applied to a small thin person, thus, "Dost think anybody 'ud mind a natomy of a chap like thee?"