napery

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Napery, household linen. neb, beak of a bird. nieve, fist. notour, notorious.

From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by Galt, John

Napery and silver—even glass—came out of sideboards to be packed for a strange journey.

From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville

Napery, nā′per-i, n. linen, esp. for the table: table-cloths, napkins, &c.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various