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palm nut
n.
See under nut.
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Palm
·vt To <<Handle>>.
II. Palm ·noun The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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palm
The triangular face of the fluke of an anchor. Also, a shield-thimble used in sewing canvas, rope, &...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Coco palm
·- ·see <<Cocoa>>.
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Cocoa palm
·- A palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera). It grows in nearly all tropical countries, a...
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Cohune palm
·add. ·- A Central and South American pinnate-leaved palm (Attalea cohune), the very large and hard ...
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Doom palm
·- A species of palm tree (Hyphaene Thebaica), highly valued for the fibrous pulp of its fruit, whic...
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Doum palm
·- ·see Doom palm.
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Fan palm
·- Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Chamaerops humilis of Southern Europe; ...
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Grugru palm
·- A West Indian name for several kinds of palm. ·see Macaw tree, under <<Macaw>>.
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Ita palm
·- A magnificent species of palm (Mauritia flexuosa), growing near the Orinoco. The natives eat its ...
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Jaggery palm
·add. ·- An East Indian palm (Caryota urens) having leaves pinnate with wedge-shaped divisions, the ...
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Jagua palm
·- A great Brazilian palm (Maximiliana regia), having immense spathes which are used for baskets and...
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Jupati palm
·- A great Brazilian palm tree (Raphia taedigera), used by the natives for many purposes.
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Palm Sunday
·- The Sunday next before Easter;
— so called in commemoration of our Savior's triumphal entry into...
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Raffia palm
·add. ·- The jupati palm.
II. Raffia palm ·add. ·- A pinnate-leaved palm (Raphia ruffia) native of ...
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Palm tree
(Heb. tamar), the date-palm characteristic of Palestine. It is described as "flourishing" (Ps. 92:12...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Alexandra Palm
n.
a Queensland tree, Ptychosperma alexandrae, F. v. M. A beautifully markedwood much used for maki...
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cabbage-palm
n.
same as cabbage-tree1 (q.v.).
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corypha-palm
n.
an obsolete name for Livistona inermis, now called Cabbage-tree (q.v.).
1847. L. Leichhardt, `O...
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lawyer-palm
See lawyer
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palm, alexandra
n.
a Queensland timber-tree, Ptychosperma alexandrae, F. v. M., N.O. Palmeae.
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palm, black
n.
a Queensland timber-tree, Ptychosperma normanbyi, F. v. M., N.O. Palmeae.
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palm, cabbage
n.
i.q. Cabbage-tree (q.v.)
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palm-wine
A sub-acid and pleasant fermented tropical drink. (See toddy.)
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Palm Tree
(Heb. tamar). Under this generic term many species are botanically included; but we have here only t...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Becuiba nut
·add. ·- The nut of the Brazilian tree Myristica Bicuhyba, which yields a medicinal balsam used for ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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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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...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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pea-nut
The common name for the fruit of the arachis hypogea. It is also called the ground nut and earth nut...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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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...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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deaf-nut
a nut whose kernel is decayed. N.
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palm, walking-stick
n.
a Queensland plant, Bacularia monostachya, F. v. M., N.O. Palmeae.So called because the stem is ...
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walking-stick palm
n.
See under palm, walking-stick.
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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....
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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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Palm trees, The city of
The name given to Jericho (q.v.), Deut. 34:3; Judg. 1:16; 3:13.
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