Nef is a 3 letter English word.
You can make 12 anagrams from letters in nef (efn).
1680-90; French: ship Latin nāvis. See nave
Two cup-bearers stand ready with wine and in a prominent position upon the board stands a nef.
Of all the ornaments of the table in medieval times the most conspicuous was probably the “nef.”
The "nef," or model of a ship, was of frequent use as an article of table plate.
The Blanche nef struck on one of the rocks, and immediately began to fill.
Et cum li hom qui erent en la mer (nef) eurent ueu le miracle .
He nearly overcame me after he had slain nef, the son of Ponda, and had rent him in pieces.
The "nef" jewel, of which we have spoken, was also a favourite one.
There is a nef introduced in the famous Nancy tapestry (fifteenth century) of precisely the same construction.
Nephalism, nef′a-lizm, n. total abstinence from alcoholic drinks.
Many of the best-known collections contain examples of these "nef" or "navette" pendants.