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Webster 1913 Edition
Nut
Nut
(nŭt)
, Noun.
[OE.
nute
, note
, AS. hnutu
; akin to D. noot
, G. nuss
, OHG. nuz
, Icel. hnot
, Sw. nöt
, Dan. nöd
.] 1.
(Bot.)
The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing a kernel.
2.
A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal), provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or for transmitting motion. See Illust. of 1st
Bolt
. 3.
The tumbler of a gunlock.
Knight.
4.
(Naut.)
A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place.
Check nut
, Jam nut
, Lock nut
a nut which is screwed up tightly against another nut on the same bolt or screw, in order to prevent accidental unscrewing of the first nut.
– Nut buoy
. See under
– Buoy
. Nut coal
, screened coal of a size smaller than stove coal and larger than pea coal; – called also
– chestnut coal
. Nut crab
(Zool.)
, any leucosoid crab of the genus
– Ebalia
as, Ebalia tuberosa
of Europe. Nut grass
(Bot.)
, See
– nut grass
in the vocabulary. Nut lock
, a device, as a metal plate bent up at the corners, to prevent a nut from becoming unscrewed, as by jarring.
– Nut pine
. (Bot.)
See under
– Pine
. Nut rush
(Bot.)
, a genus of cyperaceous plants (
– Scleria
) having a hard bony achene. Several species are found in the United States and many more in tropical regions. Nut tree
, a tree that bears nuts.
– Nut weevil
(Zool.)
, any species of weevils of the genus
Balaninus
and other allied genera, which in the larval state live in nuts.Nut
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Nutted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Nutting
.] To gather nuts.
Webster 1828 Edition
Nut
NUT
,Noun.
1.
The fruit of certain trees and shrubs, consisting of a hard shell inclosing a kernel. A nut is properly the pericarp of the fruit. Various kinds of nuts are distinguished; as walnut, chestnut, hazlenut, butternut.2.
In mechanics, a small cylinder or other body, with teeth or projections corresponding with the teeth or grooves of a wheel.3.
The projection near the eye of an anchor.NUT
,Verb.
T.