3. (Locksmithing)
Defn: The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot. Knight.
NAB Nab, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nabbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Nabbing.] Etym: [Dan nappe, or Sw. nappa.]
Defn: To catch or seize suddenly or unexpectedly. [Colloq.] Smollett.
NABIT
Na"bit, n.
Defn: Pulverized sugar candy. Crabb.
NABK
Nabk, n. Etym: [Ar. nabiqa,nibqa.] (Bot.)
Defn: The edible berries of the Zizyphys Lotus, a tree of Northern Africa, and Southwestern Europe. [Written also nubk.] See Lotus (b), and Sadr.
NABOB Na"bob, n. Etym: [Hind. nawab, from Ar. nawab, pl. of na\'8bb a vicegerent, governor. Cf Nawab.]
1. A deputy or viceroy in India; a governor of a province of the ancient Mogul empire.