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▪ I. nappy, n.1|ˈnæpɪ|
Also 9 nappie.
[n. use of nappy a.2]
Ale; liquor.
1743Lond. & Country Brew. iv. (ed. 2) 283 A regaling Refreshment of good Nappy. 1753G. Burton in Mem. Stukeley (Surtees) I. 407 Nothing can fix his thoughts..but a bottle of old nog or nappy. 1820Clare Rural Life (ed. 3) 90 And while I've sixpence left I'll spend it In cheering nappy. 1882J. Walker Auld Reekie 78 Yonder toon, whase nappy broon Has won the proudest laurels.
▪ II. nappy, n.2 N. Amer.|ˈnæpɪ|
[Of obscure origin.]
An earthenware or glass dish with sloping sides.
1873Mrs. Whitney Other Girls xxxiii, Kate..producing some nice little stone-ware nappies hot from the hot closet, transferred the food from the china to these. 1916Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 1 July 2/1 (Advt.), If it's Cut Glass you want, then we have what you want. Berry Bowls, Bon-Bon Dishes, Nappies, [etc.]. 1969Northwest (Sunday Oregonian Mag.) 14 Dec. 24/1 Faceted knife rests, nappies (those flat bottomed, slope-sided little dishes for relish and a myriad of other uses), vases, celery dishes, whatever your budget would support—these offered marriage fitting recognition.
▪ III. nappy, n.3 colloq.|ˈnæpɪ|
= napkin n. 1 c. Also fig.
1927W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 7 Mothers and nurses use pseudo-infantile forms like pinny (pinafore), nappy (napkin). 1938S. Spender Trial of Judge ii. 49 The babe's scream till the nurse brings its nappy. 1955M. F. Gilbert Sky High viii. 118 He's got about as much sense as a baby that kicks its nappy off and then cries because it's sleeping in a puddle. 1959Economist 6 June 921/2 An able minister..will need anything up to six months to get out of his administrative nappies. 1961Which? Apr. 84/1 There are various types of nappy used in this country, including a T-shaped one made of gauze..and disposable nappies. 1972Ld. Robens Ten Year Stint xvi. 322, I had been a Minister when John Eden was in his political nappies, but had never experienced such peculiar behaviour. 1973Guardian 3 Feb. 24/2 The greatest pollution in this land..was..committed against women ‘from the nappy to the coffin’.
b. attrib. and Comb., as nappy-changing, nappy towel; nappy pin, a curved safety pin used for fastening nappies; nappy rash, infantile erythema caused by persistent contact with urinary ammonia from a damp nappy; nappy service, a commercial laundry service for babies' nappies.
1970D. Bagley Running Blind ii. 17 No nappy-changing for you. 1973Guardian 23 May 9/3, I draw the line at nappy-changing, not because I am a man but because..I don't like suprises of that nature.
1966Olney Amsden & Sons Ltd. Price List 1 Nappy Pins. Snaplock curved with enamelled safety cap. 1967H. W. Sutherland Magnie i. 2 He saw Bridie stop and look across at him, a nappy pin in her mouth. 1972J. Mann Mrs. Knox's Profession xv. 110 He wielded the tin of powder and the nappy pins with voluntary attentiveness.
1959Which? Sept. 104/2 Do the synthetic detergents cause dermatitis, or don't they? And does a baby get nappy-rash if its nappies are washed in them? 1966‘G. North’ Confounding Sgt. Cluff xvi. 128 An infant red in the face, tormented by nappy-rash, howled in a pram. 1967New Scientist 25 May 449/3 What started out as an effective treatment for nappy rash in infants may now be an essential instrument of modern warfare. 1972J. Wilson Hide & Seek ii. 34 A baby who had teething troubles and nappy rash.
1959Manch. Guardian 8 July 5/5 The nappy service cost 2s 6d a dozen, three times a week. 1970K. Giles Death in Church ii. 47 Auntie..switched me on to Nappy Service, six dozen delivered every morning.
1940C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil's Georgics iv. 89 Her sisters washed his hands Duly with pure water and fetched the nappy towels.
Add:[b.] nappy liner, a supplementary absorptive strip of material placed inside a baby's nappy (esp. at night).
1970Kay & Co. (Worcester) Catal. 1970–71 Autumn/Winter 222/3 *Nappy liners by Marathon are indispensable. 1989Woman's Realm 11 Apr. 11/3 Red bottomed babies may show distinct improvement through changing disposable nappies frequently, and perhaps using a towelling nappy, or a one way nappy liner at night.
▪ IV. nappy, a.1 Now rare.|ˈnæpɪ|
Also 5–6 noppy, 7 nappie, 8 knappy.
[ad. MDu. noppigh (Du. noppig), or MLG. noppich, f. noppe nap n.3]
1. Having a nap; villous, downy, shaggy.
1499Promp. Parv. 358/1 (P.) Noppy or wully, villosus. 1530Palsgr. 319/2 Noppy as clothe is that hath a grosse woffe, gros. 1611Cotgr., Velu, hairie, shag, nappie, or of a high nap. 1625K. Long tr. Barclay's Argenis iii. iii. 155 The first troupe was of children, in white nappy garments. 1675Hobbes Odyssey (1677) 36 Clothed with soft nappy cloak and coat. 1727De Foe Eng. Tradesm. (1732) II. i. iv. 123 The French wore nappy [1745 knappy] and coarse [cloth]. 1776–96Withering Brit. Plants IV. 197 Pileus rather conical, knappy, yellow. 1823in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. 513 Neither its owner nor itself are any longer nappy. 1904Westm. Gaz. 10 Nov. 4/2 The cloth was slightly nappy.
2. Fuzzy, kinky; used colloquially and freq. derogatorily of Negroes' hair. So nappy-head, a Negro; nappy-haired, -headed adjs. U.S.
1950A. Lomax Mister Jelly Roll (1952) 80 Light-skinned Downtown shared the bandstand with ‘real black and nappy-headed’ Uptown. 1956S. Longstreet Real Jazz xviii. 150 To call a man ‘nappy’ is to say his hair is kinky—a real insult. 1962E. Cleaver in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973) 16/1 Good hair, bad hair, nappy hair. 1966K. L. Morgan in Ibid. 606/2 They would come up with black nappy-haired babies. 1967J. Taylor in A. Chapman New Black Voices (1972) 175 One of the new breed of nappy-haired, bangle-wearing nationalists. 1968J. Pullum in P. Oliver Screening Blues iii. 92 Joe Pullum's high-pitched ‘black gal, black gal, what makes your nappy head so hard?’ 1971Black World June 71/2 Her hair..was in the bushy style that the freedom riders had brought. They called it ‘natural’; Bojack called it nappy. 1973Ibid. Apr. 63 All them ol' nappy-heads runnin' up there tryin' to pull his clothes off.
▪ V. nappy, a.2|ˈnæpɪ|
Also 6 noppy, 6–7 nappie.
[prob. a transferred use of prec.]
1. a. Of intoxicating liquors, chiefly ale: Having a head, foaming; heady, strong.
αa1529Skelton E. Rummyng 102 She breweth noppy ale. Ibid. 557 This ale, sayde she, is noppy. 1568U. Fulwell Like will to Like C ij, Heer is a pot of noppy good ale.
β1564W. Bullein Dial. agst. Pest. (1573) 108 She had very good nappie ale. 1586A. Day Eng. Secretary i. (1625) 110 His peculiar skill in discerning the nappie taste by the nut-brown colour of Seller-Ale on a frosty morning. 1630T. Westcote Devonshire 393 It is famous to have..the nappiest ale that can be drunk. 1686Loyal Garland (ed. 5) B 2 b, Let..nappy Ale be ever free To strangers that do come and go. 1714Gay Sheph. Week ii. 56 With nappy Beer I to the Barn repair'd. 1807Crabbe Par. Reg. iii. 869 Thy coat is thin.., It's worn to th' thread! but I have nappy beer. 1868Lowell To J. Bartlett ix, May Horace send him Massic wine, And Burns Scotch drink, the nappiest.
fig.1582Stanyhurst æneis Ded. (Arb.) 4 Such leauinges as wee haue of Ennius his ragged verses..sauoure soom⁓what nappy of thee spigget. 1592Nashe Four Lett. Confut. 27 Plucking Elderton out of the ashes of his Ale, and not letting him inioy his nappie muse of ballad making.
b. Applied to a bottle or cup.
c1700in Maidment Pasquils (1868) 409 A bottle that is both whyte and nappie. 1789Shirrefs Poems (1790) 214 [They] ca'd about the nappy cup, To keep their wanton spirits up.
2. Slightly intoxicated or exhilarated by drink.
1721Amherst Terræ Filius No. 41. 216 So many Traitors we drank, it made my cranium nappy. 1776Patie's Wedding in Herd Coll. Songs II. 191 When that the carles grew nappy, They danc'd as weel as they dow'd. 1825in Brockett N.C. Gloss. 1882in Lancs Gloss.
3. Of a horse: awkward, disobedient.
1924G. Brooke Horse-Sense v. 36 There are horses that refuse from temper, generally called ‘nappy horses’. 1952R. S. Summerhays Elem. Riding (ed. 3) xii. 72 A ‘nappy’ horse is a horse which can be described as one who will not go forward, will often go sideways and sometimes backwards. 1960Times 23 July 9/2 Do not give the pony more than 20 minutes of this or it will sicken him, and..he may turn nappy and start refusing. 1963Bloodgood & Santini Horseman's Dict. 134 Nappy (to be), for a horse to be inclined to shy or refuse suddenly and without warning. 1973J. White Norfolk Child 131 My father..was utterly patient with every horse he rode, however nappy. |