KJV Dictionary Definition: nut

nut

NUT, n. It seems to be allied to knot, a bunch or hard lump.

1. The fruit of certain trees and shrubs, consisting of a hard shell inclosing a kernel. A nut is properly the pericarp of the fruit. Various kinds of nuts are distinguished; as walnut, chestnut, hazlenut, butternut.

2. In mechanics, a small cylinder or other body, with teeth or projections corresponding with the teeth or grooves of a wheel.

3. The projection near the eye of an anchor.

NUT, v.t. To gather nuts.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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