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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Nut \Nut\ (n[u^]t), noun [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 1st {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.
5. pl. Testicles. [vulgar slang] [PJC]
{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 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Lock \Lock\, noun [AS. loc inclosure, an inclosed place, the fastening of a door, fr. l[=u]can to lock, fasten; akin to OS. l[=u]kan (in comp.), D. luiken, OHG. l[=u]hhan, Icel. l[=u]ka, Goth. l[=u]kan (in comp.); cf. Skr. ruj to break. Cf. {Locket}.]
1. Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the thing fastened.
2. A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
Albemarle Street closed by a lock of carriages. --De Quincey.
3. A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock. --Dryden.
4. The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal.
5. An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to another; -- called also {lift lock}.
6. That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc.
7. A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
8. A grapple in wrestling. --Milton.
{Detector lock}, a lock containing a contrivance for showing whether it as has been tampered with.
{Lock bay} (Canals), the body of water in a lock chamber.
{Lock chamber}, the inclosed space between the gates of a canal lock.
{Lock nut}. See {Check nut}, under {Check}.
{Lock plate}, a plate to which the mechanism of a gunlock is attached.
{Lock rail} (Arch.), in ordinary paneled doors, the rail nearest the lock.
{Lock rand} (Masonry), a range of bond stone. --Knight.
{Mortise lock}, a door lock inserted in a mortise.
{Rim lock}, a lock fastened to the face of a door, thus differing from a {mortise lock}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
locknut \locknut\, lock nut \lock nut\n. a supplementary nut that is screwed down on a primary nut to prevent it from loosening; a check nut. [WordNet 1.5]
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