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Webster 1913 Edition
Nab
1.
The summit of an eminence.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
2.
(Firearms)
The cock of a gunlock.
Knight.
3.
(Locksmithing)
The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.
Knight.
Nab
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Nabbed
(năbd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Nabbing
.] [Dan
nappe
, or Sw. nappa
.] 1.
To catch or seize suddenly or unexpectedly.
[Colloq.]
Smollett.
Webster 1828 Edition
Nab
NAB
,Noun.
NAB
,Verb.
T.