MYRMIDONS. The constable's assistants, watchmen, &c.
NAB, or NAB CHEAT. A hat. Penthouse nab; a large hat.
To NAB. To seize, or catch unawares. To nab the teaze; to be privately whipped. To nab the stoop; to stand in the pillory. To nab the rust; a jockey term for a horse that becomes restive. To nab the snow: to steal linen left out to bleach or dry. CANT.
To NAB GIRDER, or NOB GIRDER. A bridle.
NACK. To have a nack; to be ready at any thing, to have a turn-for it.
NACKY. Ingenious.
NAILED. Secured, fixed. He offered me a decus, and I nailed him; he offered me a crown, and I struck or fixed him.
NANNY HOUSE. A brothel.
TO NAP. To cheat at dice by securing one chance. Also
to catch the venereal disease. You've napt it; you are
infected.
NAPPING. To take any one napping; i.e. to come upon
him unexpectedly, to find him asleep: as, He caught him
napping, as Morse caught his mare.