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An earthnut. Dr. Prior.

A name given to earthnuts of several kinds.

Same as Cola, Cola nut.

Faulty or imperfect nutrition.

Maintenance. [Obs.] Abp. Sancroft.

Pertaining to, or consisting of, minutes. [Obs.] Fuller.

The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.; as, 4 h. 30 m.) Four minutes, that is to say, minutes of an hour. Chaucer.

A figure which strikes the hour on the bell of some fanciful clocks; -- called also jack of the clock house.

In a minute manner; with minuteness; exactly; nicely.

A militiaman who was to be ready to march at a moment's notice; -- a term used in the American Revolution.

The quality of being minute.

A minute particular; a small or minor detail; -- used chiefly in the plural.

See Nicker nut.

Same as Nicker nut, Nicker tree.

A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color. The seeds grow in the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus Cæsalpinia. C. Bonduc has yellowish seeds; C.Bonducella, bluish gray. [Spelt also neckar nut, nickar nut.]

The magpie. [Prov. Eng.]

The buffalo nut. See Buffalo nut, under Buffalo.

The Brazil nut.

The fruit of a trailing leguminous plant (Arachis hypogæa); also, the plant itself, which is widely cultivated for its fruit.

A paste made by mixing ground fresh roasted peanuts with a small quantity of water or oil, and used chiefly as a relish on sandwiches, etc.