Meaning of Nab | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The summit of a hill.
2. Initialism of National Australia Bank.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
3. The cock of a gunlock.
4. Initialism of National Association of Broadcasters.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
5. The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.
6. Abbreviation of National Accountability Bureau.
   Pakistan, abbreviation, alt-of

Equivalents

Examples

“At Clayton point and other nabs to the south of Scarborough.”

“‘I thought I heard my father,’ he gasped, glancing up to the frowning nab above us. ‘You are sure nobody spoke?’”

“The Toe, or Nab of the Bolt, which rises[…]above the Straight on the Top of the Bolt: The Office of this Nab, is to receive the Bottom of the Bit of the Key, when in turning it about, it shoots the Bolt backward or forwards.”

“the Bottom of the Bit may fall almost to the Bottom of the Nab , and shoot the Bolt back”

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