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Nut

noun

Usually large hard-shelled seed.

Egyptian goddess of the sky.

A small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt.

Half the width of an em. Synonym: en.

A whimsically eccentric person. Synonyms: crackpot, crank, fruitcake, nut case, screwball.

Someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction. Synonyms: addict, freak, junkie, junky. "A car nut" , "A bodybuilding freak" , "A news junkie"

One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens. Synonyms: ball, ballock, bollock, egg, orchis, testicle, testis.

verb

(past & past part. nutted; pres. part. nutting)

Gather nuts.

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"Nut" Quotes from Famous Books

... like a thousand water-bottles. Finally he constructed several Dyak scarecrows and erected one to guard each of his alarm-guns. The device was thoroughly effective. Thenceforth, when some adventurous monkey—swinging with hands or tail among the treetops in the morning search for appetizing nut or luscious plantain—saw one of those fearsome bogies, he raised such a hubbub that all his companions scampered hastily from the confines of the wood to ...

— The Wings of the Morning • Louis Tracy

... clear," says Mr. Eastlake, "that an oil varnish, composed either of inspissated nut oil, or of nut oil combined with a dissolved resin, was employed on gilt surfaces and pictures, with a view to preserve them, at least as early as the fifth century. It may be added that a writer ...

— On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) - A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature • John Ruskin

... "Lead that nut out!" shouted somebody. "Let's get busy. The question is: Did this old guy pretend he was a horse doctor when he wasn't? ...

— By Advice of Counsel • Arthur Train

... Fuzzy liked cooked food, too, if it wasn't too hot—they went into the living room. He remembered having seen a bolt and nut in the desk drawer when he had been putting the wooden prawn-killer away, and he got it out, showing it to Little Fuzzy. Little Fuzzy studied it for a moment, then ran into the bedroom and came back with his screw-top bottle. He took the top off, put it on again and then screwed the nut off the ...

— Little Fuzzy • Henry Beam Piper

... teaspoonful of salt. Beat the eggs with one cupful of sugar. Put them and the milk in the double boiler, and stir constantly until the mixture begins to thicken; then add the salt, and put away to cool. When cold, add the cream and nut meat, and freeze. ...

— Miss Parloa's New Cook Book • Maria Parloa

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