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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Horse-chestnut :: Horse-chestnut (n.) The tree itself, which was brought from Constantinople in the beginning of the sixteenth century, and is now common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres. The native American species are called buckeyes..
Tap :: Tap (v. t.) To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut..
Thread :: Thread (n.) The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw, n., 1..
Diminutiveness :: Diminutiveness (n.) The quality of being diminutive; smallness; littleness; minuteness.
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..
Ocellus :: Ocellus (n.) A little eye; a minute simple eye found in many invertebrates.
Mildew :: Mildew (n.) A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances..
Fretwork :: Fretwork (n.) Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Hence, any minute play of light and shade, dark and light, or the like..
Cupuliferous :: Cupuliferous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the oak and the chestnut are examples, -- trees bearing a smooth, solid nut inclosed in some kind of cup or bur; bearing, or furnished with, a cupule..
Queensland Nut :: Queensland nut () The nut of an Australian tree (Macadamia ternifolia). It is about an inch in diameter, and contains a single round edible seed, or sometimes two hemispherical seeds. So called from Queensland in Australia..
Glomuliferous :: Glomuliferous (a.) Having small clusters of minutely branched coral-like excrescences.
Nutation :: Nutation (n.) The motion of a flower in following the apparent movement of the sun, from the east in the morning to the west in the evening..
Accent :: Accent (n.) A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 12'27'', i. e., twelve minutes twenty seven seconds..
Candleberry Tree :: Candleberry tree () A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; -- also called bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry..
Irrorate :: Irrorate (a.) Covered with minute grains, appearing like fine sand..
Nutria :: Nutria (n.) The fur of the coypu. See Coypu.
Fibrous :: Fibrous (a.) Containing, or consisting of, fibers; as, the fibrous coat of the cocoanut; the fibrous roots of grasses..
Psorosperm :: Psorosperm (n.) A minute parasite, usually the young of Gregarinae, in the pseudonavicula stage..
Depression :: Depression (n.) Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness..
Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) A small spot, mark, scar, or a minute hole; -- applied especially to a spot on the outer surface of a Graafian follicle, and to spots of intercellular substance in scaly epithelium, or to minute holes in such spots..
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