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 Nap (A),Na’pier’s Bones. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Naph’tha.
 
The drug used by Mede’a for anointing the wedding robe of Glauc, daughter of King Cre’on, whereby she was burnt to death on the morning of her marriage with Jason.   1
 


 Nap (A),Na’pier’s Bones. 

 
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