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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Hour :: Hour (n.) The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour? At what hour shall we meet?.
Prothallus :: Prothallus (n.) The minute primary growth from the spore of ferns and other Pteridophyta, which bears the true sexual organs; the oophoric generation of ferns, etc..
Sticktail :: Stick-seed (n.) A plant (Echinospermum Lappula) of the Borage family, with small blue flowers and prickly nutlets..
Tease :: Tease (v. t.) To tear or separate into minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments..
Chestnut :: Chestnut (n.) The horse chestnut (often so used in England).
Abatement :: Abatement (n.) The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof..
Cornute :: Cornute (v. t.) To bestow horns upon; to make a cuckold of; to cuckold.
Hognut :: Hognut (n.) In England, the Bunium flexuosum, a tuberous plant..
Anatomize :: Anatomize (v. t.) To discriminate minutely or carefully; to analyze.
Barbule :: Barbule (n.) A very minute barb or beard.
Fine :: Fine (superl.) Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine sand or flour..
Suberone :: Suberite (n.) Any sponge of the genus Suberites and allied genera. These sponges have a fine and compact texture, and contain minute siliceous spicules..
Mill :: Mill (n.) A machine for grinding or comminuting any substance, as grain, by rubbing and crushing it between two hard, rough, or intented surfaces; as, a gristmill, a coffee mill; a bone mill..
Rust :: Rust (n.) A minute mold or fungus forming reddish or rusty spots on the leaves and stems of cereal and other grasses (Trichobasis Rubigo-vera), now usually believed to be a form or condition of the corn mildew (Puccinia graminis). As rust, it has solitary reddish spores; as corn mildew, the spores are double and blackish..
Housecarl :: Housecarl (n.) A household servant; also, one of the bodyguard of King Canute..
Minutiae :: Minutiae (pl. ) of Minuti.
Rhabdite :: Rhabdite (n.) A minute smooth rodlike or fusiform structure found in the tissues of many Turbellaria.
Nuthatch :: Nuthatch (n.) Any one of several species of birds of the genus Sitta, as the European species (Sitta Europaea). The white-breasted nuthatch (S. Carolinensis), the red-breasted nuthatch (S. Canadensis), the pygmy nuthatch (S. pygmaea), and others, are American..
Pebrine :: Pebrine (n.) An epidemic disease of the silkworm, characterized by the presence of minute vibratory corpuscles in the blood..
Diminutival :: Diminutival (a.) Indicating diminution; diminutive.
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