Category:Nut

Nut, n. Etym: [oe. nute, note, as. hnutu; akin to d. noot, g. nuss, Ohg. nuz, icel. hnot, sw. nöt, dan. nöd.]

1. (bot.)

Defn: 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 lst bolt.

3. The tumbler of a gunlock. Knight.

4. (naut.)

Defn: 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 (zoöl.), any leucosoid crab of the genus ebalia as, Ebalia tuberosa of europe. -- nut grass (bot.), a plant of the sedge family (cyperus rotundus, Var. Hydra), which has slender rootstocks bearing small, nutlike Tubers, by which the plant multiplies exceedingly, especially in Cotton fields. -- 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 (zoöl.), any species of weevils of the genus balaninus And other allied genera, which in the larval state live in nuts.

Nut Nut, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Nutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Nutting.]

Defn: to gather nuts.