Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variant of
neep . - noun A knob, swelling, protuberance, or knot which exists in imperfect cotton-fibers as a result either of unsymmetrical growth or of operations (principally ginning) to which the cotton is subjected preparatory to carding or combing.
- To form knots, knobs, or protuberances in (cotton-fibers) during the processes of ginning, opening, etc., preparatory to carding and combing.
- noun The catnip, Nepeta Cataria.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) Catnip.
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- noun
Catmint ,catnip ; Nepeta cataria.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I am called "nep" by my old teammates, my brothers, everyone on PuF and Proving Grounds and #pu and most other places I frequent.
kevynwight Diary Entry kevynwight 2000
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This machine is responsible for much of the "nep" (or knots) found in
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Why is it ESMD/JSC cannot get it's act together and deal with the fact the effort is nothing but nepotism [(nep-uh-tiz-uhm)] Favoritism granted to relatives or close friends, without regard to their merit.
OIG on Conflict of Interest Issues With Constellation SRBs - NASA Watch 2009
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The Plan of the nep-Kooks, has been Bi-Partisanship.
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As always, scroll down or CTRL-F to nep (that's me!).
kevynwight Diary Entry kevynwight 2002
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"Hey nep, you been playing this night and day lately?".
kevynwight Diary Entry kevynwight 2001
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As the cotton is fed to the card in the form of a sheet or lap from the picker, it is supposed to have been freed from a considerable quantity of sand, seed, etc., but there still remain nep, fine leaf, and short fibers, which are removed during carding.
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VOCABULARY av-o = grandfather. kia = what kind of (112). buked-o = bouquet. lingv-o = language. ekzamen-o = examination. nep-o = grandson. ferm-i = to close. nu!
A Complete Grammar of Esperanto Ivy Kellerman Reed 1922
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The old name for it was _nœp_, _nep_, or _neps_, which was only the English form of the Latin _napus_, while Turnip is the corruption of _terræ napus_, but when the first syllable was added I do not know.
The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868
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Eerst werd gedacht dat het prototype nep was, maar de labomgeving waarin het toestel is te zien, lijkt verdacht veel op die in eerder uitgelekte plaatjes van de iPad.
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