Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. i.) To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze. 2. (v. i.) To be in a careless, secure state. 3. (n.) A short sleep; a doze; a siesta. 4. (n.) 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. 5. (n.) The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet. 6. (v. t.) To raise, or put, a nap on.

Multi-Version Concordance Nap (1 Occurrence) Leviticus 13:55 And the priest shall look on the sore after the washing, and behold, if the sore have not changed its appearance, and the sore have not spread, it is unclean: thou shalt burn it with fire: it is a fretting sore on what is threadbare or where the nap is gone. (DBY)