NAKED BEAR.)

=Namo=, duke of Bavaria, and one of Charlemagne's twelve
paladins.--Ariosto, _Orlando Furioso_ (1516).

=Namou'na=, an enchantress. Though first of created beings, she is still
as young and beautiful as ever.--_Persian Mythology._

=Namous=, the envoy of Mahomet in paradise.

=Nancy=, eldest daughter of an English country family, in straitened
circumstances. Nancy is a romp and untamed, but sound-hearted, and
loves her brothers and sister tenderly. To advance their interests she
marries Sir Roger Tempest, who is much her senior. In time, and after
many misunderstandings, she learns to love him, and "they live happily
together ever after."--Rhoda Broughton, _Nancy_.

_Nancy_, servant to Mrs. Pattypan. A pretty little flirt, who coquets
with Tim Tartlet and young Whimsey, and helps Charlotte Whimsey in her
"love affairs."--James Cobb, _The First Floor_ (1756-1818).

_Nancy_, a poor misguided girl, who really loves the villain Bill Sykes
(1 _syl._). In spite of her surroundings, she has still some good
feelings, and tries to prevent a burglary planned by Fagin and his
associates. Bill Sykes, in a fit of passion, strikes her twice upon the
face with the butt-end of a pistol, and she falls dead at his feet.--C.
Dickens, _Oliver Twist_ (1837).

_Nancy_, the sailor's fancy. At half-past four he parted from her; at
eight next morn he bade her adieu. Next day a storm arose, and when it
lulled the enemy appeared; but when the fight was hottest, the jolly tar
"put up a prayer for Nancy." Dibdin, _Sea Songs_ ("'Twas post meridian
half-past four," 1790).

_Nancy_ (_Miss_), Mrs. Anna Oldfield, a celebrated actress, buried in
Westminster Abbey. She died in 1730, and lay in state, attended by two
noblemen. Mrs. Oldfield was buried in a "very fine Brussels lace
head-dress, a new pair of kid gloves, and a robe with lace ruffles and a
lace collar." (See NARCISSA.)

=Nancy Dawson=, a famous actress, who took London by storm. Her father
was a poster in Clare Market (1728-1767).

Her easy mien, her shape so neat,
She foots, she trips, she looks so sweet;
I die for Nancy Dawson.

=Nancy of the Vale=, a village maiden, who preferred Strephon to the gay
lordlings who sought her hand in marriage.--Shenstone, _A Ballad_
(1554).

=Nannic=, deformed brother of Guenn, and her darling. He is versed in all
manner of auguries and much feared and consulted by the peasants on this
account.--B