† walsh-nut Obs.
In 4 walsnote, walsh(e)note, welshnote, 6 walshe nutte, 7 walsh-nut.
[Corresponds to MHG. wälhisch nuȥ (mod.G. dial. wälsche nuss, wälschnuss), early mod.Flemish (Kilian 16th c.) walsche not, ‘Welsh’ (i.e. Italian or Gaulish) nut: see walnut. The word was prob. adopted in ME. from MDu. or MLG., though documentary evidence of its existence in those dialects is wanting.]
= walnut1 1. Also attrib.
| 1368–9 Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 574, 2000 de Walsnotes in precio 2s. 6d. c 1384 Chaucer H. Fame 1281 (Fairf. MS.) Y saugh him carien a wyndmelle Vnder a walsh note [MS. Bodley welshnote] shale. a 1400 Pistill of Susan 99 With wardons winlich and walshe notes newe. 1502 Arnolde Chron. 165 Yf thou wylt plante an almaunde tree or a walsh nott tree or a chery tree. 1578 Lyte Dodoens vi. lvi. 731 The fruite is called..in Englishe, Walnuttes, Walshe Nuttes, and of some Frenche Nuttes. 1620 Venner Via Recta vii. 132 The dry Walnuts, or Walsh nuts, are hot and dry in the second degree. 1633 Hart Diet of Diseased i. xvii. 68 Amongst all these [Nuts], the Wall-nut, or Walsh-nut, beareth away the bell. |