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NAKIT, _pret. v._ Stripped.
_Pal. Hon._
NAM, am not, q. _ne am_. Chaucer, _n'am_.
_Sir Tristrem._
NAMEKOUTH, _adj._ Famous.
_Doug._
A. S. _namcutha_, nomine notus.
NANE, _adj._ No, none, S.
_Doug._
A. S. _nan_, id.
NANES, NANYS, _s._ For the nanys, on purpose.
Su. G. _naenn-a_, to prevail with one's self to do a thing.
NAPPIE, _adj._ Brittle.
_J. Nicol._
Q. what _knaps_, or is easily broken.
NAR, _conj._ Nor.
_Douglas._
NAR, were not.
_Sir Tristrem._
NAR, _adj._ Nigher.
_Poems 16th Cent._
A. S. _near_, id.
_To_ NARR, NERR, NURR, _v. n._ To snarl as dogs, S. O.
_Gl. Sibb._
E. _gnar_, A. S. _gnyrr-an_, id.
NARROW-NEBBIT, _adj._ Contracted in one's views with respect to religious matters, S.
V. ~Neb~.
NARVIS, _adj._ Belonging to Norway.
Sw. _Norwegz_, Norwegian.
_Skene._
NAS, was not.
_Sir Tristrem._
A. S. _nas_, i. e. _ne was_, non erat.
NAT, _adv._ Not.
_Douglas._
NAT, know not.
_Douglas._
A. S. _nat_, i. e. _ne wat_, non scio.
_To_ NATCH, _v. a._ To lay hold of violently, S. B.
NATE, _s._ Use.
_Douglas._
Isl. _not_, id.
