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Nap [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To lean, that is, to nod.

2. A short sleep or slumber.

3. The woolly or villous substance on the surface of cloth.

4. The downy or soft hairy substance on plants.

5. A knop.

Nap [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To have a short sleep; to be drowsy.

2. To be in a careless, secure state.

Nap [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A short sleep; a doze; a siesta.

2. Woolly or villous surface of felt, cloth, plants, etc.; an external covering of down, of short fine hairs or fibers forming part of the substance of anything, and lying smoothly in one direction; the pile; -- as, the nap of cotton flannel or of broadcloth.

3. The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet.

Nap [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.

2. To be in a careless, secure state.

Nap [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To raise, or put, a nap on.

Nap-taking [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A taking by surprise; an unexpected onset or attack.

Nape [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A knob; to be hard or callous, whence a callus.

2. The prominent joint of the neck behind.

Nape [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The back part of the neck.

Nape-crest [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

Naperian [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Napier, or Naper.

Naperies [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Napery

Napery [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Linen for the table; table cloths or linen cloth in general.

Napery [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Table linen; also, linen clothing, or linen in general.

Napha water Webster's Dictionary 1913

A perfume distilled from orange flowers.

Naphew [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A plant.

Naphew [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Navew.

Naphtali Encyclopedia Britannica

NAPHTALI, the son of Jacob by Bilhah, Rachel’s maid, and uterine brother of Dan. The narrator of Gen. XXX. 8 explains the name √∏92 by the verb ⅛93, “wrestle.” The seats of the tribe lay in the eastern half of upper Galilee, a fertile mountainous country sloping down to the headwaters of Jordan and the Sea of Galilee (Josh. xix. 32-39). Within this country the Canaanites continued to hold Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath (Judg. i. 33). After the wars with Sisera, in which the tribe took a prominent part (Judg. iv.; v. 18), and with Midian (Judg. vii. 23), we hear little of Naphtali. Dwelling near the settlements of the Aramaeans, the tribe was an early sufferer in the bloody conflicts of Damascus with Israel (1 Kings XV. 20), and it was depopulated in the first Assyrian captivity by Tiglath Pileser (2 Kings xv. 29; Isa. ix. 1 [viii. 23]).

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 17, p. 174
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Naphtali Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary

the sixth son of Jacob by Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid. The word Naphtali signifies _wrestling_, or _struggling_. When Rachel gave him this name, she said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed,” Gen. xxx, 8. Naphtali had but four sons, and yet at the coming out of Egypt his tribe made up fifty-three thousand four hundred men, able to bear arms. Moses, in the blessing he gave to the same tribe, says, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the Lord, possess thou the west and the south,” Deut. xxxiii, 23. The Vulgate reads it, the sea and the south,” and the Hebrew will admit of either interpretation, that is, the sea of Gennesareth, which was to the south by the inheritance of this tribe. His soil was very fruitful in corn and oil. His limits were extended into upper and lower Galilee, having Jordan to the east, the tribes of Asher and Zebulun to the west, Libanus to the north, and the tribe of Issachar to the south. Under Barak, their general, they and the Zebulunites fought with distinguished bravery against the army of Jabin the younger; and at the desire of Gideon they pursued the Midianites, Judges iv, 10; v, 18; vii, 23. A thousand of their captains, with thirty-seven thousand of their troops, assisted at David’s coronation, and brought great quantities of provision with them, 1 Chron. xii, 34, 40. We find no person of distinguished note among them, save Barak, and Hiram the artificer. Instigated by Asa, Benhadad the elder, king of Syria, terribly ravaged the land of Naphtali; and what it suffered in after invasions by the Syrians we are partly told, 1 Kings xv, 20. The Naphtalites were, many, if not most of them, carried captive by Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, 2 Kings xv, 29. Josiah purged ...

Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary
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Naphtha [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. An inflammable mineral substance of the bituminous kind, of a light brown or yellowish color, sharp taste, and incapable of decomposition. By long keeping it hardens into a substance resembling vegetable resin, and becomes black. It is as inflammable as ether. It is said to issue from the earth at Baku, in Persia, and to be received into cisterns.

2. naphtha consists of carbon and hydrogen.

Naphtha [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. 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 specific gravity of about 0.7, -- used as a solvent for varnishes, as a carburetant, illuminant, etc.

2. One of several volatile inflammable liquids obtained by the distillation of certain carbonaceous materials and resembling the naphtha from petroleum; as, Boghead naphtha, from Boghead coal (obtained at Boghead, Scotland); crude naphtha, or light oil, from coal tar; wood naphtha, from wood, etc.

Naphtha Encyclopedia Britannica

NAPHTHA, a word originally applied to the limpid liquid portion of the petroleum which exudes abundantly at Baku, &c., on the shores of the Caspian Sea. It is the νάφθα of Dioscorides, and the naphtha or hitumen liquidum candidum of Pliny. Both in commerce and in science the term is now used somewhat vaguely, but more in a generic sense, to embrace several bodies having certain properties in common, than as a specific name for a particular substance. Naphtha indeed has no distinct place or meaning in modern chemistry. By the alchemists the word was used principally to distinguish various highly volatile, mobile, and inflammable liquids, such as the ethers,— sulphuric ether and acetic ether having been known respectively as Naphtha sulphurici and Naphtha aceti. In recent times naphtha has been employed to indicate the volatile, limpid, inflammable hydrocarbons obtained by destructive distillation of organic substances artificially conducted, as well as those produced by similar agencies acting within the earth. In commerce the application of the term is still more restricted, and in general it embraces no more than the more volatile portion of the fluid hydrocarbons separated in the distillation of tar....

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 17, p. 174
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Naphthalate [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A salt of naphthalic acid; a phthalate.

Naphthalene [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A white crystalline aromatic hydrocarbon, C10H8, analogous to benzene, and obtained by the distillation of certain bituminous materials, such as the heavy oil of coal tar. It is the type and basis of a large number of derivatives among organic compounds. Formerly called also naphthaline.

Naphthalenic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pertaining to , or derived from, naphthalene; -- used specifically to designate a yellow crystalline substance, called naphthalenic acid and also hydroxy quinone, and obtained from certain derivatives of naphthol.

Naphthalic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, naphthalene; -- used specifically to denote any one of a series of acids derived from naphthalene, and called naphthalene acids.

2. Formerly, designating an acid probably identical with phthalic acid.

Naphthalidine [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Same as Naphthylamine.

Naphthalin [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Naphthaline

Naphthaline [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A peculiar crystalizable substance, deposited from naphtha distilled from coal tar, consisting of hydrogen and carbon.

Naphthaline [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Naphthalene.

Naphthaline Encyclopedia Britannica

NAPHTHALINE. See Tar.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 17, p. 175
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Naphthalize [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To mingle, saturate, or impregnate, with naphtha.

Naphthazarin [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A dyestuff, resembling alizarin, obtained from naphthoquinone as a red crystalline substance with a bright green, metallic luster; -- called also naphthalizarin.

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Genesis 10:13

And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,

Genesis 25:15

Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:

Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

Genesis 30:8

And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.

Genesis 35:25

And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:

The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.

Genesis 46:24

And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.

The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.

Genesis 49:21

Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.

Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.

Exodus 1:4

Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.

Numbers 1:15

Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.

and from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”

Numbers 1:42

Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

From the sons of Naphtali, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

Numbers 1:43

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

those registered to the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400.

Numbers 2:29

Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.

Next will be the tribe of Naphtali. The leader of the Naphtalites is Ahira son of Enan,

Numbers 7:78

On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered:

On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, the leader of the Naphtalites, drew near.

Numbers 10:27

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.

and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali.

Numbers 13:14

Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.

from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;

Numbers 26:48

Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites:

These were the descendants of Naphtali by their clans: The Jahzeelite clan from Jahzeel, the Gunite clan from Guni,

Numbers 26:50

These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.

These were the clans of Naphtali, and their registration numbered 45,400.

Numbers 34:28

And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.

and Pedahel son of Ammihud, a leader from the tribe of Naphtali.”

Deuteronomy 27:13

And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

Deuteronomy 33:23

And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.

Concerning Naphtali he said: “Naphtali is abounding with favor, full of the blessing of the LORD; he shall take possession of the sea and the south.”

Deuteronomy 34:2

And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea,

all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea,