Defn: Nutrition; nourishment. [Obs.] Harvey.
NUTSHELL
Nut"shell`, n.
1. The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed.
2. Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A shell of the genus Nucula. To be, or lie, in a nutshell, to be within a small compass; to admit of very brief or simple determination or statement. "The remedy lay in a nutshell." Macaulay.
NUTTER
Nut"ter, n.
Defn: A gatherer of nuts.
NUTTING
Nut"ting, n.
Defn: The act of gathering nuts.