NAGARKANNA, Ind. the place where all the drums and war music are kept.
NAUKODA. A native captain or pilot so called in India.
NANA, Ind. the title which is given to a chief of the Marattahs. It more properly signifies the acting head of the government, and general of the forces.
NAPPE de feu, Fr. See Jets de Feu.
NARROW, of small breadth.
Narrow Front. A battalion, &c. is said to assume a narrow front, when it goes from line into column, upon the safe principles of compression.
The Narrows, an important position on the entrance of the Hudson’s river, N. York; strong works are erecting there, at the expence of that state.
The Narrow, a channel which runs between the Margate sands and the Main.
NASIR-JUNG, Ind. victorious, or triumphant in war.
NATION, a people; also a country. As the American nation, the French nation. It is more generally used in the first sense; as, The nation at large seems disposed to resist every attempt that the British may make to reduce us to our former condition of colonies; and to maintain the freedom of the seas.