4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nut \Nut\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Nutted}; p. pr & vb n.
{Nutting}.]
To gather nuts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
nut
n 1: usually large hard-shelled seed
2: goddess of the sky [syn: {Nut}]
3: a small square or hexagonal metal block with internal screw
thread to be fitted onto a bolt
4: half the width of an em [syn: {en}]
5: a whimsically eccentric person [syn: {crackpot}, {crank}, {nutcase},
{fruitcake}, {screwball}]
6: one of the two male reproductive glands; "she kicked him in
the balls and got away" [syn: {testis}, {gonad}, {testicle},
{ball}, {ballock}, {bollock}, {egg}]
v : gather nuts
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