<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title>N</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFAFA" text="#330000"> <h1>The Letter N</h1> <div class="entry"> <h2>NAB</h2> <p>a Hat, Cap, or Head, also a Coxcomb. <i class="eg">Ill nab ye</i>, I'll have your Hat or Cap. <i class="eg">Nim the Nab</i>, steal the Hat or Cap. <i class="eg">Nabbed</i>, apprehended, taken or arrested.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NAB <i>Cheat</i></h2> <p>a Hat.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NAB-<i>Girder</i></h2> <p>a Bridle.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NAN</h2> <p>a Servant-maid.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NANNY-<i>House</i></h2> <p>a Bawdy-house.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2><i>To</i> NAP</h2> <p>by cheating with the Dice to ecure one chance; also a Clap or Pox, and a short sleep, <i class="eg">Nap the Wiper</i>, steal the Hankerchief. <i class="eg">You have napt it</i>, You are Clapt.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NAPPER</h2> <p>a Cheat, or Thief.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NAPPER</h2> <p><i>of Naps</i>, a sheep-stealer.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NAPPY-<i>Ale</i></h2> <p>very strong, heady.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NASK</h2> <h2>or <i>Naskin</i></h2> <p>a Prison or Bridewell. <i class="eg">The new Nask</i>, Clerkenwell Bridewell: <i class="eg">Tuttle Nask</i>, the Bridewell in Tuttle-Fields: <i class="eg">He napt it at the Nask</i>; he was lasht at Bridewell.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NATURAL</h2> <p>a Mistress, a Wench.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NAY-<i>Word</i></h2> <p>a By-word, or Proverb.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NAZIE</h2> <p>Drunken.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NAZIE-<i>Cove</i></h2> <p>a Drunkard.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NAZY-<i>Mort</i></h2> <p>a she Drunkard.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NAZY-<i>Nabs</i></h2> <p>Drunken Coxcombs.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NECK-<i>Stamper</i></h2> <p>the Pot-Boy at a Tavern or Ale-house.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NEEDLE-<i>Point</i></h2> <p>a Sharper.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NETTLED</h2> <p>tiezed, provoked, made uneasy.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2><i>To</i> NICK <i>it</i></h2> <p>to win at Dice, to hit the Mark.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NICKUM</h2> <p>a Sharper, also a rooking Ale house or Inn-keeper,Vintner, or any Retailer.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NICKUM-<i>Poop</i></h2> <p>a Fool, also a silly, soft, uxorious Fellow.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NICK-<i>Ninny</i></h2> <p>an emty Fellow, a meer Gods-head.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NIG</h2> <p>the clippings of Money.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NIGGING</h2> <p>Clipping.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NIGGLER</h2> <p>a Clipper.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NIGGLING</h2> <p>accompanying with a Woman.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NIGHT-<i>Magistrate</i></h2> <p>a Constable.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NIGHT-<i>Walker</i></h2> <p>a Bellman; also a light Woman; a Thief, a Rogue.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NIGIT</h2> <p><i>qu.</i> an Ideot, i.e. a Fool.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NIGMENOG</h2> <p>a very silly fellow.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NIKIN</h2> <p>a Natural, or very soft Creature.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2><i>To</i> NIM</h2> <p>to steal.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2><i>To</i> NIM</h2> <p>or whip off or away any thing; <i class="eg">To Num a Togeman</i>, to steal a Cloack. <i class="eg">To Nim a Cloak</i>, to cut off the Buttons in a Crowd, to whip it off a Man's Shoulders.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NIM <i>Gimmer</i></h2> <p>a Doctor, Surgeon, Apothecary, or any one that cures a Clap or a Pox.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NINNY</h2> <p>a canting, whining Beggar; also a Fool.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NIP</h2> <p>a Cheat.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2><i>To</i> NIP</h2> <p>to pinch or sharp any thing. <i class="eg">Nip a Bung</i>, to cut a Purse.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NIPPS</h2> <p>the Shears with which Money was wont to be clipt.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NIZY</h2> <p>a Fool or Coxcomb.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NOB</h2> <p>a Head.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NOCKY</h2> <p>a silly, dull Fellow.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NODDLE</h2> <p>the Head.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NODDY</h2> <p>a Fool. <i class="eg">Knave Noddy</i>, a Game on the Cards.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NOOZED</h2> <p>or <i class="eg">caught in a Nooze</i>, married; also hanged.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NOPE</h2> <p>a Blow, a Knock on the Pate; as <i class="eg">We hit him a Nope on the Costard</i>.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NOSE-<i>Gent</i></h2> <p>a Recluse or Nun.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NUB</h2> <p>the Neck; also Coition.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NUBBING</h2> <p>hanging. <i class="eg">To be nubbed</i>, to be hanged.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NUBBING-<i>Cheat</i></h2> <p>the Gallows.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NUBBING-<i>Cove</i></h2> <p>the Hangman.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NUBBING-<i>Ken</i></h2> <p>the Sessions House.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NUG</h2> <p>a Word of Love, as <i class="eg">my Dear Nug</i>, my Dear Love.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NUMMS</h2> <p>a sham, or Collar-shirt, to hide the other when dirty.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <h2>NUT-<i>crackers</i></h2> <p>a Pillory, <i class="eg">The Cull lookt thro' the Nut-crackers</i>, i.e. The Rogue stood in the Pillory.</p> </div> </body> </html>