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Pea
·noun ·see <<Peak>>, ·noun, 3.
II. Pea ·noun The sliding weight on a steelyard.
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Nut
·vi To gather nuts.
II. Nut ·noun The tumbler of a gunlock.
III. Nut ·noun A projection on each si...
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nut
n.
1) Slang. Explained in quotation.
1882. A. J. Boyd, `Old Colonials,' p. 60:
«The peculiar type...
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nut
A small piece of iron with a female screw cut through the middle of it, for screwing on to the end o...
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Angola pea
·- A tropical plant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse;
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Chick-pea
·noun A Small leguminous plant (Cicer arietinum) of Asia, Africa, and the south of Europe; the chich...
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Cich-pea
·noun The chick-pea.
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Pea-jacket
·noun A thick loose woolen jacket, or coat, much worn by sailors in cold weather.
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coral pea
n.
another name for the Kennedya (q.v.).
1896. `The Melburnian,' Aug. 28, p. 53:
«The trailing sc...
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darling pea
n.
an Australian plant, Swainsonia galegifolia, R. Br., N.O. Leguminosae;i.q. Indigo Plant (q.v.). ...
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flat pea
n.
a genus of Australian floweringplants, Platylobium, N.O. Leguminosae.
1793. `Transactions of Li...
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glory pea
See glory flower
i.q. clianthus (q.v.).
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heart-pea
n.
i.q. balloon-vine (q.v.).
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pea, coral
n. See coral pea.
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pea, darling
n.
See darling pea.
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pea, desert
n.
See Sturt's Desert Pea.
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pea, flat
n.
See flat pea.
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pea, glory
n.
another namefor the Clianthus (q.v.).
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pea, heart
n.
i.q. balloon-vine (q.v.).
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pea-plant
n.
The term is applied sometimes toany one of various Australian plants of the N.O. Leguminosae.
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pea-ballast
A coarse fresh-water sand used by ships in the China trade for stowing tea-chests upon.
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pea or p.-jacket
A skirtless loose rough coat, made of Flushing or pilot cloth.
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Becuiba nut
·add. ·- The nut of the Brazilian tree Myristica Bicuhyba, which yields a medicinal balsam used for ...
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Ben nut
·- The seed of one or more species of moringa; as, oil of ben. ·see <<Moringa>>.
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Betel nut
·- The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and sh...
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Brazil nut
·- An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the Bertholletia excelsa; the cream nut.
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Cola nut
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Cola seed.
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Coquilla nut
·- The fruit of a Brazilian tree (Attalea funifera of Martius.).
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Kola nut
·add. ·- ·same·as <<Cola>>, Cola nut.
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Neckar nut
·- ·see Nicker nut.
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Nickar nut
·- ·Alt. of Nickar tree.
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Nicker nut
·- A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or blui...
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Nut-brown
·adj Brown as a nut long kept and dried.
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Para nut
·- The Brazil nut.
II. Para nut ·add. ·- The Brazil nut.
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Penang nut
·- The betel nut.
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Queensland nut
·- The nut of an Australian tree (Macadamia ternifolia). It is about an inch in diameter, and contai...
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Sawarra nut
·- ·see Souari nut.
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Souari nut
·- The large edible nutlike seed of a tall tropical American tree (Caryocar nuciferum) of the same n...
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Taqua-nut
·noun A Central American name for the ivory nut.
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Vomic nut
·- ·same·as Nux vomica.
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bonduc nut
n.
a name in Australia for the fruit of the widely distributed plant Caesalpinabonducella, Flem., N...
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candle-nut
n.
The name is given in Queenslandto the fruit of Aleurites moluccana, Willd., N.O. Euphorbiaceae. ...
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nut, bonduc
n.
See bonduc nut.
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nut, burrawang
n.
See burrawang.
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nut, candle
n.
See candle-nut.
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nut, nicker
n.
See bonduc nut.
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nut, Queensland
n.
See Queensland nut.
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nut, union
n.
See union nut.
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nut-grass
n.
an Australian plant, Cyperus rotundus, Linn., N.O. Cyperaceae. The specific andthe vernacular na...
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nut-palm
n.
a tree, Cycas media,R. Br., N.O. Cycadeae.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 21:
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palm nut
n.
See under nut.
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Queensland nut
n.
a wild fruit-tree, Macadamia ternifolia, F. v. M., N.O. Proteaceae.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful...
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union nut
n.
a fine cabinet timber, Bosistoa sapindiformis, F. v. M., N.O. Rutaceae.
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dough-nut
A small roundish cake, made of flour, eggs, and sugar, moistened with milk, and boiled in lard.--Web...
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peccan nut
The nut of the peccan tree, the carys oliviormia of the Southern States.
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pig-nut
(Lat. juglans porcina.) A small species of walnut.--Michaux, Sylva.
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cob-nut
a game, which consists in pitching at a row of nuts piled up in heaps of four, that is, three at bot...
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deaf-nut
a nut whose kernel is decayed. N.
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sturt's desert pea
n.
a beautiful creeper, Clianthus dampieri, Cunn., N.O. Leguminosae,which will only grow in very dr...
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cocoa-nut tree
The Palma cocos yields toddy; the nut, a valuable oil and milky juice; the stem, bark, branches, &c....
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double cocoa-nut
See sea cocoa-nut
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sea cocoa-nut
, or double cocoa-nut.
The fruit of the Lodoicea seychellarum, a handsome palm growing in the Seyc...
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