NATES • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Nates

... well with this. Children, when they see the full moon or their attention is called to it, begin to snigger. Every one familiar with the child psyche knows that such giggling is based on sexual meaning, because the little ones usually think of the nates. Not infrequently will children, when they are placed on the chamber, pull away their nightclothes with the words, "Now the full moon is up," likewise when a child accidentally or intentionally ...

— Sleep Walking and Moon Walking - A Medico-Literary Study • Isidor Isaak Sadger