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nut, union
n.
See union nut.
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Union
·noun A large, fine pearl.
II. Union ·noun A cask suspended on trunnions, in which fermentation is ...
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union
The national flag of Great Britain, on shore or afloat. It is a composition of the crosses of St. Ge...
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...
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Art union
·- An association for promoting art (·esp. the arts of design), and giving encouragement to artists....
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Trade union
·- An organized combination among workmen for the purpose of maintaining their rights, privileges, a...
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Trades union
·- ·Alt. of Trade union.
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Union Court
1) In Throgmorton Street (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) North out of Holborn, ...
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Union Row
On the east side of the Minories at its junction with Sparrow Corner and Tower Hill (P.O. Directory)...
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Union Square
In the Minories (Strype, ed. 1755~Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
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Union Street
East out of New Bridge Street at No.38 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within.
First mention: ...
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union down
When a ship hoists her ensign upside down it is a signal of distress or of mourning.
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union-jack
The union flag used separately; in the merchant service it must have a broad white border.
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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-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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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...
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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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New Union Street
West out of Moorfields, at No.21, to Moor Lane (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Without.
First...
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Union Street, Bishopsgate
See Brushfield Street.
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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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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
·add. ·- An association of women formed in the United States in 1874, for the advancement of tempera...
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Union Bank of London
At the south-west corner of Princes Street at No.2. The Head Office (P.O. Directory).
First mention...
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City Union Relief Registration Office
On the western side of Bartholomew Close, at No. 61, south of the Church of St. Bartholomew the Grea...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.