There, among the wits of the Mauchline Club, farmers' sons, shepherds from the uplands, and the smugglers who swarmed over the west coast, he would discuss politics and farming, recite his verses, and join in the singing and ranting, while "Bousin o'er the nappy, And gettin' fou and unco happy."
"Brief History of English and American Literature"
Henry A. Beers
The incident was somewhat singular; and, as I stood in need of some refreshment, and honest Johnny Dowie's shop did not shut till twelve, I asked the pleasure of John Brown's company to a red herring and a glass "Of as guid nappy liquor As ever reamed in horn or bicker."
"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX"
Alexander Leighton
The peculiar nappy head has it origin in the spiral "rollchen."
"The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes"
Tomás de Comyn Fedor Jagor Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow Charles Wilkes