2. To be in a careless, secure state. Wyclif. I took thee napping, unprepared. Hudibras.
NAP
Nap, n.
Defn: A short sleep; a doze; a siesta. Cowper.
NAP Nap, n. Etym: [OE. noppe, AS. hnoppa; akin to D. nop, Dan. noppe, LG. nobbe.]
1. Woolly or villous surface of felt, cloth, plants, etc.; an external covering of down, of short fine hairs or fibers forming part of the substance of anything, and lying smoothly in one direction; the pile; — as, the nap of cotton flannel or of broadcloth.
2. pl.
Defn: The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet. Knight.
NAP
Nap, v. t.
Defn: To raise, or put, a nap on.
NAPE
Nape, n. Etym: [Perh. akin to knap a knop.]