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{ } n. [ Cf. D. aardnoot, E. earthut. ] The earthnut. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n., . [ Native name. ] (Bot.) The nut of the Brazilian tree Myristica Bicuhyba, which yields a medicinal balsam used for rheumatism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The nut of the beech tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } [ Ar. bān, name of the tree. ] (Bot.) The seed of one or more species of moringa; as, oil of ben. See Moringa. [ 1913 Webster ]

The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The swamp hickory (Carya amara). Its thin-shelled nuts are bitter. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the Bertholletia excelsa; the cream nut. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ From eighteen to twenty-four of the seeds or “nuts” grow in a hard and nearly globular shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Bot.) An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut family, and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil contained in the latter. Sometimes called oil nut and white walnut. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) The nut of the Caryocar butyrosum and Caryocar nuciferum, of S. America; -- called also Souari nut. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The fruit of a euphorbiaceous tree or shrub (Aleurites moluccana), native of some of the Pacific islands. It is used by the natives as a candle, the nut kernels being strung together. The oil from the nut (
candlenut oil or
kekune oil) has many uses, including as a varnish.
Syn. -- varnish tree. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. The tree itself (Aleurites moluccana). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Of or pertaining of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For chesten-nut; OE. chestein, chesten, chastein, chestnut, fr. AS. cisten in cistenbeám chestnut tree, influenced by OF. chastaigne, F. châtaigne, both the AS. and the F. words coming from L. castanea a chestnut, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; a city of Pontus, where chestnut trees grew in abundance, and whence they were introduced into Europe. Cf. Castanets. ] 1. (Bot.) The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesce) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used for ornamental work, furniture, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A bright brown color, like that of the nut. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The horse chestnut (often so used in England). [ 1913 Webster ]

5. One of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides of the legs of the horse, and allied animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. An old joke or story. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Chestnut tree, a tree that bears chestnuts. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Pref. circum- + nutate. ] To pass through the stages of circumnutation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stems of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Com.) A large roundish variety of the cultivated hazelnut. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A game played by children with nuts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the edible white meat of a coconut{ 3 }; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries.
Syn. -- coconut meat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the cocoa palm.
Syn. -- coconut palm, coco palm, coco, cocoa palm, coconut tree, Cocos nucifera. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. The large, hard-shelled oval nut of the cocoa palm. It has a fibrous husk containing a thick white fibrous meat much used as food, in confections, and in making oil. It has a central cavity filled (when fresh) with an agreeable milky liquid. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Com.) The cocoanut. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A mode of spelling introduced by the London customhouse to distinguish more widely between this and other articles spelt much in the same manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }. (Bot.) The bitter fruit of Cola acuminata, which is nearly as large as a chestnut, and furnishes a stimulant, which is used in medicine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Comminuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Comminuting. ] [ L. comminutus, p. p. of comminuere to comminute; com- + minuere to lessen. See Minute. ] To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the teeth. Pennant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Comminuted fracture. See under Fracture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of reducing to a fine powder or to small particles; pulverization; the state of being comminuted. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Surg.) Fracture (of a bone) into a number of pieces. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Gradual diminution by the removal of small particles at a time; a lessening; a wearing away. [ 1913 Webster ]

Natural and necessary comminution of our lives. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Nutritious by force of habit; -- said of certain kinds of food. [ Obs. ] Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Pg. coquilho, Sp. coquillo, dim. of coco a cocoanut. ] (Bot.) The fruit of a Brazilian tree (Attalea funifera of Martius.). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Its shell is hazel-brown in color, very hard and close in texture, and much used by turners in forming ornamental articles, such as knobs for umbrella handles. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bestow horns upon; to make a cuckold of; to cuckold. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. cornutus horned, from cornu horn. ] 1. Bearing horns; horned; horn-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Cuckolded. [ R. ] “My being cornuted.” LEstrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It., fr. L. cornutus horned. ] A man that wears the horns; a cuckold. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cuckold maker. [ R. ] Jordan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol.) The opposition of nutrition; the failure of nutrition causing the breaking down of tissue. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Indicating or causing diminution. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Small; diminished; diminutive. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Diminutively. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. diminutio, or perh. rather deminutio: cf. F. diminution. See Diminish. ] 1. The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less; state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or degree; -- opposed to augmentation or increase. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of lessening dignity or consideration, or the state of being deprived of dignity; a lowering in estimation; degradation; abasement. [ 1913 Webster ]

The world's opinion or diminution of me. Eikon Basilike. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor thinks it diminution to be ranked
In military honor next. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) Omission, inaccuracy, or defect in a record. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mus.) In counterpoint, the imitation of, or reply to, a subject, in notes of half the length or value of those the subject itself.

Syn. -- Decrease; decay; abatement; reduction; deduction; decrement. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Indicating diminution; diminutive. “Diminutival forms” [ of words ]. Earle. -- n. A diminutive. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. L. deminutivus, F. diminutif. ] 1. Below the average size; very small; little. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Tending to diminish. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Diminutive of liberty. Shaftesbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such water flies, diminutives of nature. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Babyisms and dear diminutives. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The word sometimes denotes a derivative verb which expresses a diminutive or petty form of the action, as scribble. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a diminutive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being diminutive; smallness; littleness; minuteness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small cake (usually sweetened) fried in a kettle of boiling lard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A name given to various roots, tubers, or pods grown under or on the ground; as to: (a) The esculent tubers of the umbelliferous plants Bunium flexuosum and Carum Bulbocastanum. (b) The peanut. See Peanut. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The buffalo nut. See under Buffalo. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Exciting nutrition; said of the reflex influence by which the nutritional processes are either excited or modified. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Fr. fistinq, fistuq. See Pistachio. ] A pistachio nut. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A round gall produced on the leaves and shoots of various species of the oak tree. See Gall, and Nutgall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) (a) The fruit of the Arachis hypogæa (native country uncertain); the peanut; the earthnut. (b) A leguminous, twining plant (Apios tuberosa), producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste. (c) The dwarf ginseng (Aralia trifolia). [ U. S. ] Gray. (d) A European plant of the genus Bunium (B. flexuosum), having an edible root of a globular shape and sweet, aromatic taste; -- called also earthnut, earth chestnut, hawknut, and pignut. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. hæselhnutu. ] The nut of the hazel. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) (a) The pignut. See Hickory. (b) In England, the Bunium flexuosum, a tuberous plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Bot.) The large nutlike seed of a species of Aesculus (Aesculus Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed to horses, whence the name. The seed is not considered edible by humans. [ wns=2 ] [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Bot.) The tree itself (Aesculus hippocastanum), which was brought from Constantinople in the beginning of the sixteenth century, and is now common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres; it has palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds. The native American species is also called buckeye and conker. [ wns=1 ] [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. imminutio, fr. imminuere, imminutum, to lessen; pref. im- in + minuere. ] A lessening; diminution; decrease. [ R. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lack of nutrition; failure of nourishment. E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not nutritious; not furnishing nourishment. [ 1913 Webster ]