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A yellow crystalline substance, C10H6O2, analogous to quinone, obtained by oxidizing naphthalene with chromic acid.

A hydrocarbon radical regarded as the essential residue of naphthalene.

One of two basic amido derivatives of naphthalene, C10H7.NH2, forming crystalline solids.

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.

Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Napier, or Naper. Naperian logarithms. See under Logarithms.

Turnip-shaped; large and round in the upper part, and very slender below.

A handkerchief. [Obs.] Shak. Napkin pattern. See Linen scroll, under Linen. -- Napkin ring, a ring of metal, ivory, or other material, used to inclose a table napkin.

See under Yellow.

Without nap; threadbare. Shak.

A French gold coin of twenty francs, or about $3.86.

Of or pertaining to Napoleon I., or his family; resembling, or having the qualities of, Napoleon I. Lowell.

A supporter of the dynasty of the Napoleons.

other point of the portion without leaving the surface. Thus, some hyperboloids have one nappe, and some have two.

The quality of having a nap; abundance of nap, as on cloth.

The act or process of raising a nap, as on cloth.

Inclined to sleep; sleepy; as, to feel nappy.

A very small chevrotain (Tragulus Javanicus), native of Java. It is about the size of a hare, and is noted for its agility in leaping. Called also Java musk deer, pygmy musk deer, and deerlet.

A kind of turnip. See Navew.

Same as Anapest, Anapestic.

nted; the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d, and in English in-ter-vene, are examples of anapests.