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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.
[It seems to be allied to knot, a bunch or hard lump.]
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.
To gather nuts.

Definition 2024


nút

nút

See also: nut, NUT, nût, and -nut

Vietnamese

Noun

nút (, 𦄠, 𨨷)

  1. knot
  2. (of a machine) button
  3. (dated, computing) button; key
  4. (graphical user interface) button
  5. (Southern Vietnam, of a garment) button
  6. (of a bottle) bung; stopper; cork

Synonyms

  • (computer key): phím
  • (shirt button): cúc

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