NAPPER. The head; also a cheat or thief.
NAPPER OF NAPS. A sheep stealer. CANT.
NAPPY ALE. Strong ale.
NASK, or NASKIN. A prison or bridewell. The new nask; Clerkenwell bridewell. Tothil-fields nask; the bridewell at Tothil-fields. CANT.
NATION. An abbreviation of damnation: a vulgar term used in Kent, Sussex, and the adjacent counties, for very. Nation good; very good. A nation long way; a very long way.
NATTY LADS. Young thieves or pickpockets. CANT.
NATURAL. A mistress, a child; also an idiot. A natural
son or daughter; a love or merry-begotten child, a bastard.
NAVY OFFICE. The Fleet prison. Commander of the
Fleet; the warden of the Fleet prison.
NAY WORD. A bye-word, proverb.
NAZAKENE FORETOP. The foretop of a wig made in imitation of Christ's head of hair, as represented by the painters and sculptors.