a doze or short sleep, as “To take a nap,” is the Anglo-Saxon hnæppian or hnapp-ian (to take a nap; the nap of cloth is the Anglo-Saxon hnoppa.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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