chestnutn.adj.
/ˈtʃɛsnʌt/ A. n.† 4. Name of a variety of apple. Obsolete.
1.
a. The large edible seed or ‘nut’ of the chestnut-tree (see A. 2), two or more of which are enclosed in a prickly pericarp or ‘burr’.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > chestnut
chesteine1362
castanea1398
chestnut1519
Sardian acorn1551
maroon1594
sweet chestnut1818
marron1877
Sardinian acorn1895
the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > chestnut
chesteine1362
castanea1398
chestnut1519
chincapinc1612
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xvii. f. 165v I haue getherde chesten nuttis.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. F.j The chestain tres bring forth the soft swete chest nut.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Qii/1 A Chesnutte, castanea.
1574 J. Baret Aluearie C 426 A chesten nut.
1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 73v That will..refuse the sweet Chesnut, for that it is couered with sharpe huskes.
1585 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Health (new ed.) Introd. 2 Take..the quantitye of a Chesse Nutte.
1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 138 Chestnuts of all wilde fruites are the best and meetest to be eaten.
1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 56 Boars..on Westphalia's fatt'ning Chest-nuts fed.
1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 258 Chesnuts..afford a very good Nourishment.
1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. v. 207 Young chesnuts..afforded..a matter which appeared to be a combination of albuminous matter and tannin.
1861 W. C. Bryant Third of Nov. in Poems iii Children..Gathering tawny chestnuts.
b. to pull the chestnuts out of the fire: see fire n. and int. Phrases 2i.
2.
a. The tree which bears these, Castanea vesca, family Corylaceæ, now growing naturally all over Southern Europe, though said to have been introduced, within the historical period, from Asia Minor. Both the tree and the ‘nut’ are also called Spanish chestnut n. (or sweet chestnut)
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > chestnut > chestnut tree
chesteinea700
chesteine-treea1330
castanea1398
chestnut tree1535
chestnut1578
Spanish chestnut1763
sweet chestnut1818
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 729 The Chesnut delighteth in shadowie places.
1664 J. Evelyn Sylva vii. §1 The Chesnut of which Pliny reckons many kinds.
1785 W. Cowper Task i. 263 These chesnuts ranged in corresponding lines.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 65 A chesnut, or any other tree with pointed leaves.
1814 R. Southey Roderick xv The chesnut's fretted foliage grey.
1875 R. W. Emerson Comic in Wks. (1906) III. 204 An oak or a chestnut undertakes no function it cannot execute.
b. The wood of the chestnut-tree.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > wood of other specific trees
thornc1330
poplara1450
asp1551
angelin1670
dogwood1670
serpent-wood1681
locust wood1742
canarium1776
stave-wood1778
lacewood1803
Canary wood1820
chestnut1823
brier-wood1868
jasmine-wood1870
angelique1873
sakura1911
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 262.
3.
a. Applied to the tree Æsculus Hippocastanum, or to its seed; more fully called horse chestnut n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > horse-chestnut tree and allies > [noun]
horse chestnut1597
poison root1712
Pavia1731
buckeye1763
buckwood1787
Ohio buckeye1810
sweet buckeye1815
chestnut1842
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > horse-chestnut tree and allies > [noun] > nut
horse chestnut1611
buckeye1785
chestnut1842
conker1847
1842 Ld. Tennyson Miller's Daughter (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 105 Those three chestnuts near, that hung In masses thick with milky cones.
1871 E. C. G. Murray Member for Paris II. 207 The spreading chestnuts..dotted the..sand..with white flowerlets like snow-flakes.
1889 N.E.D. at Chestnut Mod. Newspr. Yesterday was ‘Chestnut Sunday’ at Bushey Park, and the day being fine, the chestnuts were visited by admiring crowds.
b. Cape chestnut n. an evergreen tree, Calodendron capense, belonging to the family Rutaceæ and native to South Africa.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > African trees or shrubs > [noun] > evergreens
kamassi1793
Mimusops1836
silk-bark1851
wild chestnut1854
mohonono1857
kippersol1893
Cape chestnut1912
sausage-tree1915
moepel1934
1912 East London Daily Dispatch (S. Afr.) 12 Apr. 7 It is very seldom that the Cape chestnut and the Wild fig become altogether devoid of leaves.
1951 L. E. W. Codd Trees Kruger Nat. Park 82 Well known South African examples [of the Rutaceæ] are the Buchu (Barosma) and the Cape Chestnut (Calodendrum capense).
c. wild chestnut n. (a) = Cape chestnut; (b) the edible nut of Brabeium stellatifolium, a South African tree.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > African trees or shrubs > [noun] > evergreens
kamassi1793
Mimusops1836
silk-bark1851
wild chestnut1854
mohonono1857
kippersol1893
Cape chestnut1912
sausage-tree1915
moepel1934
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > other nuts
walnut1553
sisyrinchium1629
Indian almond1685
breadnut?1740
peanut1794
sapucaia-nut1820
musk1827
breadnut1828
singhara1834
musk tree1835
wild chestnut1854
urucuri1860
nut palm1889
peanut1904
1854 L. Pappe Silva Capensis 7 Calodendron capense..wild chesnut.
1868 J. Chapman Trav. Interior S. Afr. II. 450 The Wild Chestnut..well deserving its name for its exquisitely-pencilled delicate pink flowers.
1875 Handbk. S. Afr. (S. W. Silver & Co.) 138 The..Wild Chestnut is the fruit of Calodendron Capense.
1909 East London Daily Dispatch (S. Afr.) 3 July 5 The beautiful lilac flowers of the wild chestnut.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > apple > [noun] > eating-apple > types of
costardc1390
bitter-sweet1393
Queening?1435
richardine?1435
blaundrellc1440
pear apple1440
tuberc1440
quarrendenc1450
birtle1483
deusan1570
apple-john1572
Richard1572
lording1573
greening1577
queen apple1579
peeler1580
darling1584
doucin1584
golding1589
puffin1589
lady's longing1591
bitter-sweeting1597
pearmain1597
paradise apple1598
garden globe1600
gastlet1600
leather-coat1600
maligar1600
pome-paradise1601
French pippin1629
gillyflower1629
king apple1635
lady apple1651
golden pippin1654
goldling1655
puff1655
cardinal1658
green fillet1662
chestnut1664
cinnamon apple1664
fenouil1664
go-no-further1664
Westbury apple1664
seek-no-farther1670
nonsuch1676
calville1691
passe-pomme1691
fennel apple1699
queen1699
genet1706
fig-apple1707
oaken pin1707
nonpareil1726
costing1731
monstrous reinette1731
Newtown pippin1760
Ribston1782
Rhode Island greening1795
oslin1801
fall pippin1803
monstrous pippin1817
Newtown Spitzenburg1817
Gravenstein1821
Red Astrachan1822
Tolman sweet1822
grange apple1823
orange pippin1823
Baldwin1826
Sturmer Pippin1831
Newtowner1846
Northern Spy1847
Blenheim Orange1860
Cox1860
McIntosh Red1876
Worcester1877
raspberry apple1894
delicious1898
Laxton's Superb1920
Macoun1924
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > apple > eating-apple > types of
costardc1390
bitter-sweet1393
pippin?1435
pomewater?1435
Queening?1435
richardine?1435
blaundrellc1440
pear apple1440
tuberc1440
quarrendenc1450
birtle1483
sweeting1530
pomeroyal1534
renneta1568
deusan1570
apple-john1572
Richard1572
lording1573
russeting1573
greening1577
queen apple1579
peeler1580
reinette1582
darling1584
doucin1584
golding1589
puffin1589
lady's longing1591
bitter-sweeting1597
pearmain1597
paradise apple1598
garden globe1600
gastlet1600
leather-coat1600
maligar1600
pomeroy1600
short-start1600
jenneting1601
pome-paradise1601
russet coat1602
John apple1604
honey apple1611
honeymeal1611
musk apple1611
short-shank1611
spice apple1611
French pippin1629
king apple1635
lady apple1651
golden pippin1654
goldling1655
puff1655
cardinal1658
renneting1658
green fillet1662
chestnut1664
cinnamon apple1664
fenouil1664
go-no-further1664
reinetting1664
Westbury apple1664
seek-no-farther1670
nonsuch1676
white-wining1676
russet1686
calville1691
fennel apple1699
queen1699
genet1706
fig-apple1707
oaken pin1707
musk1708
nonpareil1726
costing1731
monstrous reinette1731
Newtown pippin1760
Ribston1782
Rhode Island greening1795
oslin1801
wine apple1802
fall pippin1803
monstrous pippin1817
Newtown Spitzenburg1817
Gravenstein1821
Red Astrachan1822
Tolman sweet1822
grange apple1823
orange pippin1823
Baldwin1826
wine-sap1826
Jonathan1831
Sturmer Pippin1831
rusty-coat1843
Newtowner1846
Northern Spy1847
Cornish gilliflowerc1850
Blenheim Orange1860
Cox1860
nutmeg pippin1860
McIntosh Red1876
Worcester1877
raspberry apple1894
delicious1898
Laxton's Superb1920
Melba apple1928
Melba1933
Mutsu1951
Newtown1953
discovery1964
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 78 in Sylva Apples..Pear-apple, Cardinal, Winter Chest-nut.
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 80 in Sylva Apples..Winter Reed, Chess-nut Apple, Great-belly.
5. The hard knob in the skin of the horse at the inner side of the fore-legs; supposed to represent the thumbnail of other animals. Cf. castor n.4
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > leg > foreleg > chestnut (knob of skin on)
chestnut1859
castor1888
night eye1934
1859 J. S. Rarey Art of taming Horses (new ed.) iv. 45 To tame the horse, sometimes using the chestnut of his leg, which they dry, grind..and blow into his nostrils.
1876 Steel Equine Anat. 208 The circular horny process or chestnut found opposite the inferior part of the radius.
1888 Veterinarian May 304 Another organ in process of disappearance is that piece of horn inside the fore-arm, where it is termed the chestnut, and that inside the hock, where it is termed the castor; it corresponds to the finger-nail of the thumb of our hand, and of the foot of the five-toed ancestor of the horse.
6. slang. A story that has been told before, a ‘venerable’ joke. Hence, in extended use, anything trite, stale, or too often repeated. Also attributive.[Origin unknown: said to have arisen in U.S. The newspapers of 1886–7 contain numerous circumstantial explanations palpably invented for the purpose. A plausible account is given in the place cited in quot. 1888.]
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > story or news which is dull through repetition
coleworts twice sodden1577
sanctus1594
crambe1611
staleness1617
cramboc1670
cold treat1709
chestnut1880
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > a jest or joke > old or stale
Joe Miller1829
Joe1834
chestnut1880
dad joke1987
1816 W. Dimond Broken Sword i. 13 Zavior... When suddenly from the thick boughs of a cork tree——Pablo. (Jumping up.) A chesnut, Captain, a chesnut... Captain, this is the twenty-seventh time I have heard you relate this story, and you invariably said, a chesnut, till now.]
1880 D. K. Ranous Diary of Daly Débutante (1910) 199 Think of doing that awful Nancy Lee—such a chestnut!—..and following it up with that..romping dance!
1886 in Dram. Rev. 27 Mar. 86/2 Minnie Palmer will give £1,000 to any one who will submit to her an idea for legitimate advertising..Chestnut ideas not wanted.
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 June 6/2 This story is what the Americans would call a ‘chestnut’.
1887 Sat. Rev. 1 Oct. 467 There are, of course, good things here, and some venerable chestnuts.
1888 in J. Hatton Remin. Toole ‘When suddenly from the thick boughs of a cork-tree—’ ‘A chestnut, Captain; a chestnut.’ ‘Bah! booby, I say a cork-tree!’ ‘A chestnut,’ reiterates Pablo: ‘I should know as well as you, having heard you tell the tale these twenty-seven times’.]
1948 Time 5 Apr. 106/2 He has omitted such chestnuts as The Raven and O! Captain! My Captain!
1962 Listener 6 Sept. 369/3 Souzay's recital [of songs]..is a rare and welcome experience—the more so as on this occasion the chestnuts of the repertoire are avoided.
B. adj.
a. Of the colour of a chestnut; deep reddish-brown.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > reddish brown > nut or chestnut
nut-browna1400
hazeled1548
nut-brown1575
hazel1580
nut-brown1586
chestnut-coloured1636
chestnut1656
chestnut-brown1656
castaneous1688
nutty brown1839
chestnutty1893
nutmeg1965
1656 A. Cowley Davideis iii. 98 in Poems Merabs long hair was glossy chestnut brown.
1684 London Gaz. No. 1960/4 A Chesnut Sorrel Gelding.
1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. xxviii. 27 Like the mane of a chesnut steed.
1835 A. W. Fonblanque Eng. under Seven Admin. (1837) III. 271 As much akin..as a horse chesnut proverbially is to a chesnut horse.
a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) I. xi. 187 Her rich chestnut locks.
b. absol. = Chestnut colour.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > reddish brown > nut or chestnut
chestnut-colour1555
chestnuta1616
chestnut-brown1656
nutmeg colour1687
nut-brownc1775
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. iv. 10 His haire is of a good colour..Your Chessenut was euer the onely colour.
1832 L. Hunt Sir Ralph Esher I. Author's Let. 26 My hair would be a fine chesnut still.
1878 J. Morley Diderot II. 122 Her hair of resplendent chestnut.
c. Short for chestnut horse. (colloquial.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > colour or marking > [noun] > sorrel bay or chestnut
bayard1330
sorrelc1430
bay1535
chestnut1636
dapple-bay1835
alezan1848
1636 [see chestnut-coloured adj. at Compounds 1b].
1670 Denton in M. M. Verney Mem. (1899) IV. vii. 228 The horse..was a chestnutt.
1840 C. J. Lever Harry Lorrequer The horses were dark chestnuts, well matched.
1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. ii. 41 Mrs. Tregonell's landau..with a pair of powerful chestnuts.
1883 A. Robson Old World Idylls 27 Jumped on his chestnut.
Compounds
C1. Generalattributive.
a.
chestnut-bloom n.
ΚΠ
1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 54 That islet in the chestnut-bloom.
chestnut-bud n.
ΚΠ
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §450 The Acorns and Ches~nut-buds.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Sir Launcelot & Queen Guinevere in Poems (new ed.) II. 207 Drooping chestnut-buds.
chestnut-burr n.
ΚΠ
1874 E. P. Roe Opening Chestnut Burr (title) The Opening of a Chestnut Burr.
chestnut-colour n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > reddish brown > nut or chestnut
chestnut-colour1555
chestnuta1616
chestnut-brown1656
nutmeg colour1687
nut-brownc1775
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 311 Men are..of chestnutte colour at the ryuer of Plata.
chestnut-husk n.
chestnut-muncher n.
ΚΠ
1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft ix. 314 The chestnut-muncher in Macbeth.
chestnut-seller n.
ΚΠ
1883 R. Burton in Academy No. 577. 366/2 Chestnut-sellers from Friuli.
chestnut shade n.
chestnut tree n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > chestnut > chestnut tree
chesteinea700
chesteine-treea1330
castanea1398
chestnut tree1535
chestnut1578
Spanish chestnut1763
sweet chestnut1818
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Gen. xxx. F Iacob toke staues of grene wyllies, hasell and of chestnottrees.
1816 P. Keith Syst. Physiol. Bot. I. 58 Shady avenues of Chesnut-trees.
b.
chestnut-coloured adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > reddish brown > nut or chestnut
nut-browna1400
hazeled1548
nut-brown1575
hazel1580
nut-brown1586
chestnut-coloured1636
chestnut1656
chestnut-brown1656
castaneous1688
nutty brown1839
chestnutty1893
nutmeg1965
1636 P. Massinger Great Duke of Florence iii. i. sig. F3v I meane the roane Sir, And the browne bay: but for the chesnut colour'd [etc.].
1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxii. 188 He..had chesnut coloured hair.
chestnut-crested adj.
ΚΠ
1868 Ld. Houghton Sel. from Wks. 220 The chesnut-crested plain.
chestnut-red adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > brownish-red
rustya1398
hepaticc1420
horseflesh1530
rubiginousa1538
iron1587
bricky1615
ferrugineous1633
sand-reda1639
brickish1648
ferruginous1656
lateritious1656
brick-coloured1675
blood bay1684
testaceous1688
rust-coloureda1691
brick-red1740
brick-dust-like1765
maroon1771
rufous1782
brick-dusty1817
rusted1818
worm red1831
brownish-red1832
brown-red1835
foxy1850
rust1854
henna-coloured1865
chestnut-red1882
terra-cotta1882
copper-red1883
fox-red1910
oxblood1918
tony1921
henna-brown1931
henna-red2002
1882 Garden 16 Dec. 535/1 Bright chestnut-red.
chestnut-winged adj.
ΚΠ
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 July 5/1 Small chestnut-winged butterflies.
C2.
chestnut-bread n. bread made with the meal of chestnuts.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] > other types of bread
sergeant-loafa1348
clear-matin1362
bean-breadc1380
French bread1420
pease-breada1425
bran-breadc1425
grey breadc1430
angels' breadc1440
dough bread?a1500
baker's bread?1550
acorn bread1571
cart-bread1574
chapter-bread1600
diet-bread1617
ember-bread1681
buff coat1688
bust-coat1706
Picentine bread1712
chestnut-bread1814
naan1828
gluten-bread1846
to-bread1854
batch-bread1862
injera1868
coffee cake1879
pan dulce1882
quick bread1882
sour bread1884
Tommy1895
focaccia1905
hard-dough bread1911
hush puppy1918
potica1927
spoon bread1932
bake1933
pitta1936
hard-dough1966
pain de campagne1970
pocket bread1973
ciabatta1985
pain au levain1985
levain1991
1814 R. Southey Roderick xi The chesnut-bread was on the shelf.
chestnut-brown adj. and n. (of) the deep reddish-brown colour of a chestnut; spec. designating a breed of cat (see quot. 1958).
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > reddish brown > nut or chestnut
chestnut-colour1555
chestnuta1616
chestnut-brown1656
nutmeg colour1687
nut-brownc1775
the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > reddish brown > nut or chestnut
nut-browna1400
hazeled1548
nut-brown1575
hazel1580
nut-brown1586
chestnut-coloured1636
chestnut1656
chestnut-brown1656
castaneous1688
nutty brown1839
chestnutty1893
nutmeg1965
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [adjective] > of breeds
Angola1765
long-haired1821
Persian1828
chestnut-brown1958
1656Chestnut Brown [see sense B. a].
1826 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds (ed. 6) I. 86 The hedge-chafer, or chesnut brown beetle.
1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 52 Fur chesnut brown back and head.
1958 Times 17 Nov. 12/6 Exhibited for six years as ‘any other variety’, the Chestnut Brown cat made its first London appearance on Saturday after its recognition as a separate breed in July. The previous name of ‘Havana’ has been dropped.
chestnut-eared finch n. the Australian zebra finch.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Estrildidae (wax-bill) > genus Poephila
grass finch1785
chestnut-eared finch1934
1934 A. Russell Tramp-royal in Wild Austral. xxxv. 229 The chestnut-eared or zebra finches..came humming down to the water-side.
chestnut-extract n. an extract from chestnut wood, used in dyeing silk black.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > blackening agent > [noun] > dye
sumac?a1350
sumac black1580
wood-soot1667
Manchester black1862
azurine1878
chestnut-extract1881
nigrosine1881
1881 Spons' Encycl. Industr. Arts IV. 1226 Hemlock-extract is a deep-red syrupy extract of the bark of the hemlock pine of America. Chestnut-extract is a similar product from the rasped wood of the Spanish chestnut.
chestnut oak n. Q. sessiliflora, and in North America, Q. Prinus and other species having leaves like the chestnut.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > other oaks
red oakOE
cerre-tree1577
gall-tree1597
robur1601
kermes1605
live oak1610
white oak1610
royal oak1616
swamp-oak1683
grey oak1697
rock oak1699
chestnut oak1703
water oak1709
Spanish oak1716
turkey-oak1717
willow oak1717
iron oak1724
maiden oak1725
scarlet oak1738
black jack1765
post oak1775
durmast1791
mountain chestnut oak1801
quercitron oak1803
laurel oak1810
mossy-cup oak1810
rock chestnut oak1810
pin oak1812
overcup oak1814
overcup white oak1814
bur oak1815
jack oak1816
mountain oak1818
shingle-oak1818
gall-oak1835
peach oak1835
golden oak1838
weeping oak1838
Aleppo oak1845
Italian oak1858
dyer's oak1861
Gambel's Oak1878
maul oak1884
punk oak1884
sessile oak1906
Garry oak1908
roble1908
1703 in Early Rec. Town of Providence (Rhode Island) (1894) V. 176 The Northwest Cornner is a Chessnut Oake Tree.
1708 S. Sewall Diary (1879) II. 222 By the Stump grows up a fine little Chestnut Oak.
1766 W. Stork Acct. E.-Florida iv. 45 The chesnut oak, very little known in other parts of America, is very common in Florida.
1816 U. Brown Jrnl. in Maryland Hist. Mag. 11 221 [We] found on our right..a Chestnut Oak marked and Owned by Jacob Beeson.
1834 Southern Lit. Messenger 1 97 There is little timber of large size, the growth being chiefly chestnut oak.
1885 ‘C. E. Craddock’ Prophet Great Smoky Mountains xi. 197 A branch, too, of the low-spreading Chestnut-oak..was visible.
1931 C. H. Otis Michigan Trees (rev. ed.) 139 Chinquapin Oak. Chestnut Oak. Yellow Oak. Quercus muhlenbergii... A tree with somewhat similar characteristics, also known as the Chestnut Oak, Quercus primus L., is common to the south and east of our range.
chestnut-roaster n. a stove used by itinerant vendors of roasted chestnuts; also, the vendor.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > stove or cooker > [noun] > cookers for nuts or corn
popper1862
peanut roaster1872
chestnut-roaster1909
society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of nuts
nut seller1648
peanut boy1857
chestnut-roaster1909
1909 Westm. Gaz. 4 Sept. 2/2 The bowed old woman who sits hugging her chestnut roaster at the end of the Pont Marguet.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §777 Baked chestnut man; chestnut roaster.
1923 Weekly Disp. 29 Apr. 2 I have never more than once come across a genuine old chestnut-roaster with a pierced box and lid.
chestnut soil n. (see quot. 1954).
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [noun] > organic soil > humus > chestnut soil
chestnut soil1928
brown earth1932
1928 Soil Research I. 132 We were already in a zone of light Chestnut soils, near to brown ones.
1954 W. D. Thornbury Princ. Geomorphol. iv. 78 Chestnut soils are brown or grayish soils that developed under short-grass vegetation in areas slightly drier than those that produced chernozems.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
n.adj.1519