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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Penang Nut :: Penang nut () The betel nut.
Allspice :: Allspice (n.) The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush..
Polyphemus :: Polyphemus (n.) A very large American moth (Telea polyphemus) belonging to the Silkworm family (Bombycidae). Its larva, which is very large, bright green, with silvery tubercles, and with oblique white stripes on the sides, feeds on the oak, chestnut, willow, cherry, apple, and other trees. It produces a large amount of strong silk. Called also American silkworm..
Tear-thumb :: Tear-thumb (n.) A name given to several species of plants of the genus Polygonum, having angular stems beset with minute reflexed prickles..
Arrowroot :: Arrowroot (n.) A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other plants, as various species of Maranta and Curcuma..
Sweetened :: Sweetbrier (n.) A kind of rose (Rosa rubiginosa) with minutely glandular and fragrant foliage. The small-flowered sweetbrier is Rosa micrantha.
Spicenut :: Spicenut () A small crisp cake, highly spiced..
Atomical :: Atomical (a.) Extremely minute; tiny.
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..
Runty :: Runty (a.) Like a runt; diminutive; mean.
Ninut :: Ninut (n.) The magpie.
Tubule :: Tubule (n.) A minute tube lined with glandular epithelium; as, the uriniferous tubules of the kidney..
Report :: Report (v. t.) To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker..
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..
Groundnut :: Groundnut (n.) The dwarf ginseng (Aralia trifolia).
Dwarf :: Dwarf (n.) An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being..
Scleroid :: Scleroid (a.) Having a hard texture, as nutshells..
Nicker Nut :: Nicker nut () A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color. The seeds grow in the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus Caesalpinia. C. Bonduc has yellowish seeds; C. Bonducella, bluish gray..
Tenuous :: Tenuous (a.) Thin; slender; small; minute.
Pseudotetramera :: Pseudotetramera (n. pl.) A division of beetles having the fifth tarsal joint minute and obscure, so that there appear to be but four joints..
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