Nut \Nut\ (n[u^]t), n. [OE. nute, note, AS. hnutu; akin to D.
noot, G. nuss, OHG. nuz, Icel. hnot, Sw. n["o]t, Dan.
n["o]d.]
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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.
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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.
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3. The tumbler of a gunlock. --Knight.
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4. (Naut.) A projection on each side of the shank of an
anchor, to secure the stock in place.
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5. pl. Testicles. [vulgar slang]
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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.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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184 Moby Thesaurus words for "nut":
Brazil nut, English walnut, Macadamia nut, acorn, addict,
aficionado, alien, aliene, almond, almond paste, amande,
amande douce, amandes mondees, amateur, authority, bean, bedlamite,
beechnut, ben nut, berry, betel nut, bigot, bird seed,
bitter almond, black walnut, blanched almonds, bonduc nut,
borderline case, bring in, buff, bug, burnt almond, butternut,
candlenut, case, cashew, cashew nut, character, chestnut,
chinquapin, cobnut, coconut, collector, conk, connoisseur,
corozo nut, crackbrain, crackpot, crank, critic, crop, crop herbs,
cuckoo, cumara nut, cut, dement, demon, demoniac, devotee, dig,
dika nut, dilettante, ding-a-ling, dome, eager beaver, eccentric,
energumen, enthusiast, erratic, expert, faddist, fan, fanatic,
fanatico, fiend, flake, flaxseed, fou, freak, fruit, gather,
gather in, glean, goober, goober pea, grabble, grain,
great one for, ground-pea, groundnut, harebrain, harvest, hay,
hayseed, head, hermit, hickory nut, hobbyist, hobo, horse chestnut,
hound, idiot, infatuate, issue, kernel, kola, kola nut, kook,
linseed, litchi nut, lone wolf, loner, loon, loony, lunatic,
lunatic fringe, madman, maniac, maverick, meat, meshuggenah,
monomaniac, mow, natural, nigger toe, noddle, noggin, noisette,
noix, non compos, noncompos, nonconformist, noodle, odd fellow,
oddball, oddity, original, outsider, palm nut, pariah, peanut,
peanut butter, pecan, phrenetic, pick, pine nut, pip, pistachio,
pit, pluck, poll, pundit, pursuer, queer duck, queer fish,
queer specimen, question, rara avis, raving lunatic, reap,
reap and carry, recluse, rhapsodist, salted peanuts, sassafras nut,
savant, scholar, screwball, seed, solitary, souari nut, specialist,
stone, strange duck, sucker for, sweet almond, technical expert,
technician, tramp, type, visionary, walnut, weirdo, zealot
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Nut \Nut\, n. [OE. nute, note, AS. hnutu; akin to D. noot, G.
nuss, OHG. nuz, Icel. hnot, Sw. n["o]t, Dan. n["o]d.]
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 lst 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Buoy \Buoy\, n. [D. boei buoy, fetter, fr. OF. boie, buie,
chain, fetter, F. bou['e]e a buoy, from L. boia. ``Boiae
genus vinculorum tam ferreae quam ligneae.'' --Festus. So
called because chained to its place.]
(Naut.)
A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark
a channel or to point out the position of something beneath
the water, as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc.
Anchor buoy, a buoy attached to, or marking the position
of, an anchor.
Bell buoy, a large buoy on which a bell is mounted, to be
rung by the motion of the waves.
Breeches buoy. See under Breeches.
Cable buoy, an empty cask employed to buoy up the cable in
rocky anchorage.
Can buoy, a hollow buoy made of sheet or boiler iron,
usually conical or pear-shaped.
Life buoy, a float intended to support persons who have
fallen into the water, until a boat can be dispatched to
save them.
Nut or Nun buoy, a buoy large in the middle, and tapering
nearly to a point at each end.
To stream the buoy, to let the anchor buoy fall by the
ship's side into the water, before letting go the anchor.
Whistling buoy, a buoy fitted with a whistle that is blown
by the action of the waves.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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