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English Dictionary: napped by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
napped
adj
  1. (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing; "a dress of brushed cotton"; "a fleecy lining"; "napped fabrics"
    Synonym(s): brushed, fleecy, napped
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nap \Nap\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Napped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Napping}.] [OE. nappen, AS. hn[ae]ppian to take a nap, to
      slumber; cf. AS. hnipian to bend one's self, Icel. hnipna,
      hn[c6]pa, to droop.]
      1. To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze. --Chaucer.
  
      2. To be in a careless, secure state. --Wyclif.
  
                     I took thee napping, unprepared.         --Hudibras.
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