Definition of nut

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Nut (n.) A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place..

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Flea-bitten :: Flea-bitten (a.) White, flecked with minute dots of bay or sorrel; -- said of the color of a horse..
Walnut :: Walnut (n.) The fruit or nut of any tree of the genus Juglans; also, the tree, and its timber. The seven or eight known species are all natives of the north temperate zone..
Nutshell :: Nutshell (n.) A shell of the genus Nucula.
Cobnut :: Cobnut (n.) A game played by children with nuts.
Acorn :: Acorn (n.) The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule..
Water Chestnut :: Water chestnut () The fruit of Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis, Old World water plants bearing edible nutlike fruits armed with several hard and sharp points; also, the plant itself; -- called also water caltrop..
Cyatholith :: Cyatholith (n.) A kind of coccolith, which in shape resembles a minute cup widened at the top, and varies in size from / to / of an inch..
Shagbark :: Shagbark (n.) A rough-barked species of hickory (Carya alba), its nut. Called also shellbark. See Hickory..
Eaglestone :: Eaglestone (n.) A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; aetites..
Nutcracker :: Nutcracker (n.) The American, or Clarke's, nutcracker (Picicorvus Columbianus) of Western North America..
Perdition :: Perdition (n.) Loss of diminution.
Acute :: Acute (a.) Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning..
Starveling :: Starveling (n.) One who, or that which, pines from lack or food, or nutriment..
Poonac :: Poonac (n.) A kind of oil cake prepared from the cocoanut. See Oil cake, under Cake..
Tap :: Tap (v. t.) To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut..
Orbulina :: Orbulina (n.) A genus of minute living Foraminifera having a globular shell.
Oilnut :: Oilnut (n.) The buffalo nut. See Buffalo nut, under Buffalo..
Spore :: Spore (n.) A minute grain or germ; a small, round or ovoid body, formed in certain organisms, and by germination giving rise to a new organism; as, the reproductive spores of bacteria, etc..
Minutely :: Minutely (adv.) In a minute manner; with minuteness; exactly; nicely.
Nutrimental :: Nutrimental (a.) Nutritious.
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