Defn: Brown as a nut long kept and dried. "The spicy nutbrown ale."
Milton.
NUTCRACKER
Nut"crack`er, n.
1. An instrument for cracking nuts.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) A European bird (Nucifraga caryocatactes), allied to the magpie and crow. Its color is dark brown, spotted with white. It feeds on nuts, seeds, and insects. (b) The American, or Clarke's, nutcracker (Picicorvus Columbianus) of Western North America.
NUTGALL
Nut"gall`, n.
Defn: A more or less round gall resembling a nut, esp. one of those produced on the oak and used in the arts. See Gall, Gallnut.
NUTHATCH
Nut"hatch`, n. Etym: [OE. nuthake. See 2d Hack.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of birds of the genus Sitta, as the
European species (Sitta Europæa). The white-breasted nuthatch (S.
Carolinensis), the red-breasted nuthatch (S. Canadensis), the pygmy
nuthatch (S. pygmæa), and others, are American.
NUTHOOK
Nut"hook`, n.
1. A hook at the end of a pole to pull down boughs for gathering the nuts.