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One who names, or calls by name.

One that has the same name as another; especially, one called after, or named out of regard to, another.

No more. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Anan. [Prov. Eng.]

An African carnivore (Nandinia binotata), allied to the civets. It is spotted with black.

s of South American ostriches of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia. See Rhea. [Written also nandow.]

The condition of being abnormally small in stature; dwarfishness; -- opposed to gigantism.

A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought from China, made of a species of cotton (Gossypium religiosum) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color quite indestructible and permanent.

A diminutive of Ann or Anne, the proper name. Nanny goat, a female goat. [Colloq.]

See Sheepberry.

The magpie.

A term used by modern archæologists instead of cella. See Cella.

To be in a careless, secure state. Wyclif. I took thee napping, unprepared. Hudibras.

A taking by surprise; an unexpected onset or attack. Carew.

The back part of the neck. Spenser.

An African bird of the genus Schizorhis, related to the plantain eaters.

Table linen; also, linen clothing, or linen in general. [Obs.] Gayton.

A perfume distilled from orange flowers.

See Navew.

The complex mixture of volatile, liquid, inflammable hydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually called crude petroleum, mineral oil, or rock oil. Specifically: That portion of the distillate obtained in the refinement of petroleum which is intermediate between the lighter gasoline and the heavier benzine, and has a…