Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Napped"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nap \Nap\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Napped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Napping}.] [OE. nappen, AS. hn[ae]ppian to take a nap, to
slumber; cf. AS. hnipian to bend one's self, Icel. hnipna,
hn[=i]pa, to droop.]
1. To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze. --Chaucer.
2. To be in a careless, secure state. --Wyclif.
I took thee napping, unprepared. --Hudibras.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
napped
adj : (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing; "a dress
of brushed cotton"; "a fleecy lining"; "napped fabrics"
[syn: {brushed}, {fleecy}]
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