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NAB . or NAB CHEAT. A hat. Penthouse nab; a large hat. To NAB. To seize, or catch unawares. To nab the teaze; to be privately whipped. To nab the stoop; to stand in the pillory. To nab the rust; a jockey term for a horse that becomes restive. To nab the snow: to steal linen left out to bleach or dry. CANT. To NAB GIRDER, or NOB GIRDER. A bridle.
NACK . To have a nack; to be ready at any thing, to have a turn-for it.
NACKY . Ingenious.
NAILED . Secured, fixed. He offered me a decus, and I nailed him; he offered me a crown, and I struck or fixed him.
NANNY HOUSE . A brothel.
NAPPER . The head; also a cheat or thief.
NAPPER OF NAPS . A sheep stealer. CANT.
NAPPING . To take any one napping; i.e. to come upon him unexpectedly, to find him asleep: as, He caught him napping, as Morse caught his mare.
NAPPY ALE . Strong ale.
NASK . or NASKIN. A prison or bridewell. The new nask; Clerkenwell bridewell. Tothil-fields nask; the bridewell at Tothil-fields. CANT.
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