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gernut
† ˈgernut Obs. [? mistake for yir(d)nut, ernut, earth-nut; but cf. F. gernotte or jarnote (Littré s.v. Terre-noix), which recalls the Sw. jordnöt.] (See quot.)1693 Robinson in Phil. Trans. XVII. 826 The Roots of our Bulbocastanum..commonly call'd Pig-nuts and Gernuts in the North, lie very deep, and... Oxford English Dictionary
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jurnut
jurnut obs. variant of gernut.1674–91 Ray N.C. Words 39 Jurnut, Earth Nut, Bulbocastanum. Oxford English Dictionary
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yar-nut
yar-nut north. dial. var. ernut, earth-nut. (Cf. gernut, jurnut.)1828 Craven Gloss., Yar-nut, earth nut, or pig-nut. 1908 [Miss Fowler] Betw. Trent & Ancholme 230 The earth-nut, or ‘Yar-nut’. Oxford English Dictionary
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