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Nab, c, a Hat, Cap, or Head; also a Cox-*comb. I'll Nab ye, c. I'll have your Hat or Cap. Nim the Nab, c. to Steal the Hat or Cap. Nab'd, c. Apprehended, Taken or Arrested. Nab-cheat, c. a Hat. Nab-girder, c. a Bridle. Nanny-house, a Bawdy-house. Nap, c. by Cheating with the Dice to secure one Chance; also a Clap, or Pox, and a short sleep. Nap the Wiper, c. to Steal the Hand-*kerchief. You have Napt it, c. you are Clapt Sir. To be caught Napping, to be Surpriz'd, or Taken a sleep. Napper, c. a Cheat, or Thief. Napper of Napps, c. a Sheep-stealer. Nappy-Ale, very Strong, Heady. Nare-a-face-but-his own, Not a Penny in his Pocket.

Narrow, when the Biafs of the Bowl holds too much. 'Tis all Narrow, said by the Butchers one to another when their Meat proves not so good as expected. A Narrow-soul'd Fellow, poor or Mean-spirited, stingy. ''Narrow or near search or Escape, watch him narrowly or nearly. Of a Narrow'' or slender Fortune.

Nask, c. or Naskin, c. A Prison or Bridewell. The old Nask c. the City Bridewell. ''The new Nask'', c. Clerkenwell Bridewell. Tuttle Nask, o. the Bridewell in Tuttle-Fields. He Napt it at the Nask, c. he was Lasht at Bridewell.

Natural, c. a Mistress, a Wench; also a Fool.

Natural-children, Bastards.

Mr. Nawpost, a foolish Fellow.

Nay-word, a common By-word, or Proverb.

Nazie, c. Drunken.