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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...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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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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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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...
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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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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