English Dictionary: nipper | by the DICT Development Group |
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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 | |
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Napfor, KY Zip code(s): 41754 | |
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Napier, WV Zip code(s): 26631 | |
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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 | |
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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) | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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]. |