Very; extremely; as, nation good, very good. 'A nation long way.' This word is provincial in this sense in various parts of England.--Junius. Brocket.
There were a nation set o' folk at kirk.--Carr's Craven Gloss.
But no sense of a place, some think,
Is this here hill so high;
Cos there, full oft, 'tis nation cold,
But that don't argufy.
Essex Dialect, Noakes and Styles.
You colony chaps are a nation sight too well off; so you be.--Sam Slick.