neps

Noun (1)

nep (usually uncountable, plural neps)

1. (usually) Catmint, catnip; Nepeta cataria.
   • Nep is generally used for women to procure their courses, being taken inwardly or outwardly, either alone or with other convenient herbs in a decoction to bathe them, of sit over the hot fumes thereof.1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio, published 2007, page 201

Noun (2)

nep (plural neps)

1. A knot in a fibre.
   • The neps appear as small dense areas or spots when compared to the surrounding fibers.1987, Paula Simmons, Spinning and weaving with wool, published 1977, →ISBN, page 130

Noun (3)

nep (plural neps)

1. (US, derogatory, slang) One who engages in nepotism, usually to the one who benefits from it.

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