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walsh-nut
† 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 M...
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walnut-shell
ˈwalnut-shell 1. The hard shell enclosing the seed of the walnut; also, either of the boat-shaped halves of this.[c 1384: see walsh-nut.] 1523–34 Fitzherb. Husb. §93 There wyll ryse pymples as moche as halfe a walnutshell. 1596 Shakes. Tam. Shr. iv. iii. 66 Heere is the cap your Worship did bespeake...
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walnut
▪ I. walnut1 (ˈwɔːlnʌt) Forms: 1 walhhnutu, 4–6 walnotte, 5 wallnott, 5, 6 walnutt(e, 6–8 wall-nutt, 7 walenotte, 7–8 wallnut, 6– walnut. See also walsh-nut. [OE. walhhnutu str. fem. = WFris. waln{uacu}t (NFris. walnödd from Da.), MDu. walnote (Kilian walnot), Du. walnoot, MLG. wallnot, -nut, LG. (B...
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