Nasty, ill-tempered, cross-grained. “He was very NASTY,” i.e., he was ill-humoured.
Nation, or TARNATION, very, or exceedingly. Corruption of damnation.
Natty, pretty, neat, tidy.—Old.
Natural, an idiot, a simpleton. Sometimes HALF-NATURAL.
Navvy, an excavator employed in making railways, canals, &c. Originally slang, but now a recognised term. Short for navigator, a term humorously applied to excavators when their chief work was that of cutting and banking canals, making dykes to rivers, &c.
N. C., “enough said,” being the initials of NUF CED. A certain theatrical manager spells, it is said, in this style.
Near, mean and stingy.
Neardy, a person in authority over another; master, parent, or foreman.—North.
Neat, unmixed with water. “Two half goes of gin, one NEAT, the other cold,” meaning one as drawn, the other diluted with cold water. The Americans use the word “straight” instead of NEAT: “I’ll take mine straight.”