Vocabulary : Napier's rods to Napped

Napier's rods : A set of rods, made of bone or other material, each divided into nine spaces, and containing the numbers of a column of the multiplication table; -- a contrivance of Baron Napier, the inventor of logarithms, for facilitating the operations of multiplication and division.
Napiform : Turnip-shaped; large and round in the upper part, and very slender below.
Napkin : A little towel, or small cloth, esp. one for wiping the fingers and mouth at table. ;; A handkerchief.
Naples yellow : See under Yellow.
Napless : Without nap; threadbare.

Napoleon : A French gold coin of twenty francs, or about $3.86. ;; A game in which each player holds five cards, the eldest hand stating the number of tricks he will bid to take, any subsequent player having the right to overbid him or a previous bidder, the highest bidder naming the trump and winning a number of points equal to his bid if he makes so many tricks, or losing the same number of points if he fails to make them. ;; A bid to take five tricks at napoleon. It is ordinarily the highest bid; but sometimes bids are allowed of wellington, or of blucher, to take five tricks, or pay double, or treble, if unsuccessful. ;; A Napoleon gun. ;; A kind of top boot of the middle of the 19th century. ;; A shape and size of cigar. It is about seven inches long.
Napoleonic : Of or pertaining to Napoleon I., or his family; resembling, or having the qualities of, Napoleon I.
Napoleonist : A supporter of the dynasty of the Napoleons.
Nappe : Sheet; surface; all that portion of a surface that is continuous in such a way that it is possible to pass from any one point of the portion to any other point of the portion without leaving the surface. Thus, some hyperboloids have one nappe, and some have two.
Napped : of Nap

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