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   napery
         n 1: linens for the dining table [syn: {table linen}, {napery}]

English Dictionary: nipper by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Napier
n
  1. Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms; introduced the use of the decimal point in writing numbers (1550-1617)
    Synonym(s): Napier, John Napier
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
never
adv
  1. not ever; at no time in the past or future; "I have never been to China"; "I shall never forget this day"; "had never seen a circus"; "never on Sunday"; "I will never marry you!"
    Synonym(s): never, ne'er
    Antonym(s): always, e'er, ever
  2. not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances; "never fear"; "bringing up children is never easy"; "that will never do"; "what is morally wrong can never be politically right"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
New Waver
n
  1. a film maker who follows New Wave ideas
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Niebuhr
n
  1. United States Protestant theologian (1892-1971) [syn: Niebuhr, Reinhold Niebuhr]
  2. German historian noted for his critical approach to sources and for his history of Rome (1776-1831)
    Synonym(s): Niebuhr, Barthold George Niebuhr
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nipper
n
  1. a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
    Synonym(s): child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling
  2. a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
    Synonym(s): claw, chela, nipper, pincer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
NIPR
n
  1. a clandestine group of leftist extremists who oppose Italy's labor policies and foreign policy; responsible for bombing building in the historic center of Rome from 2000 to 2002
    Synonym(s): Revolutionary Proletarian Nucleus, Revolutionary Proletarian Initiative Nuclei, NIPR
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nuphar
n
  1. spatterdocks
    Synonym(s): Nuphar, genus Nuphar
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Napery \Na"per*y\, n.; pl. {Naperies}. [OF. naperie, fr. nape a
      tablecloth, F. nappe, LL. napa, fr. L. mappa. See {Map}, and
      cf. {Apron}, {Napkin}.]
      Table linen; also, linen clothing, or linen in general.
      [Obs.] --Gayton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Never \Nev"er\, adv. [AS. n[?]fre; ne not, no + [?]fre ever.]
      1. Not ever; not at any time; at no time, whether past,
            present, or future. --Shak.
  
                     Death still draws nearer, never seeming near.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      2. In no degree; not in the least; not.
  
                     Whosoever has a friend to guide him, may carry his
                     eyes in another man's head, and yet see never the
                     worse.                                                --South.
  
                     And he answered him to never a word.   --Matt. xxvii.
                                                                              14.
  
      Note: Never is much used in composition with present
               participles to form adjectives, as in never-ceasing,
               never-dying, never-ending, never-fading, never-failing,
               etc., retaining its usual signification.
  
      {Never a deal}, not a bit. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      {Never so}, as never before; more than at any other time, or
            in any other circumstances; especially; particularly; --
            now often expressed or replaced by {ever so}.
  
                     Ask me never so much dower and gift.   --Gen. xxxiv.
                                                                              12.
  
                     A fear of battery, . . . though never so well
                     grounded, is no duress.                     --Blackstone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nipper \Nip"per\, n.
      1. One who, or that which, nips.
  
      2. A fore tooth of a horse. The nippers are four in number.
  
      3. A satirist. [Obs.] --Ascham.
  
      4. A pickpocket; a young or petty thief. [Old Cant]
  
      5. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The cunner.
            (b) A European crab ({Polybius Henslowii}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Nymph91a \[d8]Nym*ph[91]"a\, n. [L., the water lily, Gr. [?].]
      (Bot.)
      A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue,
      pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water
      lily and the Egyptia lotus.
  
      Note: Recent critics have endeavored to show that this genus
               should be called {Castalia}, and the name {Nymph[91]a}
               transferred to what is now known as {Nuphar}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Naper, NE (village, FIPS 33530)
      Location: 42.96417 N, 99.09714 W
      Population (1990): 130 (72 housing units)
      Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68755

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Napfor, KY
      Zip code(s): 41754

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Napier, WV
      Zip code(s): 26631

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Navarre, FL
      Zip code(s): 32566
   Navarre, KS
      Zip code(s): 67469
   Navarre, OH (village, FIPS 53690)
      Location: 40.72263 N, 81.52271 W
      Population (1990): 1635 (658 housing units)
      Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 44662

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Navarro, TX (town, FIPS 50448)
      Location: 32.00031 N, 96.38187 W
      Population (1990): 193 (77 housing units)
      Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   New Iberia, LA (city, FIPS 54035)
      Location: 30.00511 N, 91.81716 W
      Population (1990): 31828 (12426 housing units)
      Area: 26.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 70560

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Newberry, FL (city, FIPS 48200)
      Location: 29.64481 N, 82.61230 W
      Population (1990): 1644 (682 housing units)
      Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 32669
   Newberry, IN (town, FIPS 52524)
      Location: 38.92371 N, 87.01892 W
      Population (1990): 207 (100 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 47449
   Newberry, MI (village, FIPS 57140)
      Location: 46.35330 N, 85.50897 W
      Population (1990): 1873 (805 housing units)
      Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 49868
   Newberry, SC (town, FIPS 49570)
      Location: 34.27890 N, 81.61187 W
      Population (1990): 10542 (4243 housing units)
      Area: 16.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 29108

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Newbury, MA
      Zip code(s): 01951
   Newbury, OH
      Zip code(s): 44065
   Newbury, VT (village, FIPS 48100)
      Location: 44.08036 N, 72.06055 W
      Population (1990): 412 (206 housing units)
      Area: 13.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 05051

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Napier
  
      Atkinson & Morrison, St Andrews U; design began ca. 1985,
      first implementation Napier88, 1988.   Based on {orthogonal
      persistence}, permits definition and manipulation of
      namespaces.
  
      ["The Napier88 Reference Manual", R. Morrison et al, CS Depts
      St Andrews U and U Glasgow, Persistent Programming Research
      Report PPRR-77-89, 1989].
  
  
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