cob-nutn.

Brit.

/ˈkɒbnʌt/, U.S.

/ˈkɑbnət/

Forms: In Middle English cobill, cobylle.

Etymology: In earliest use cobill nut : compare cobble n.¹, cob n.¹

a. A large nut of stout short ovate shape, borne by a cultivated variety of the hazel; also the tree. Also attributive, as in cob-nut bush.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > hazel-nut

hazelnuteOE

Avellana1398

filberta1400

bannuta1500

cob-nut1574

cob1589

hazel1601

Pontic nut1601

stock-nut1833

Barcelona nut1851

noisette1970

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > hazel-nut

hazelnuteOE

Avellana1398

filberta1400

cob-nut1574

cob1589

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > hazel-nut > hazel-nut tree

hazeleOE

filbert1393

filbert-tree14..

hazel treea1425

wood nut1578

cob-nut1859

c1440 York Myst. xv. 112 Two cobill notis vppon a bande, Loo! litill babe, what I haue broght.

1483 Cath. Angl. 69 A Cobylle nutt, moracia.

a1500 Medulla Gram. Moracia, hard notys long kepte.]

1574 J. Baret Aluearie C 686 A Cobnutte, or walnutte. Caria basilica. Vne noix grande.

1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas Cobnut, Belg. kop-not, nux capitalis, a great nut, such as boyes play at Cobnut withall.

1859 W. S. Coleman Our Woodlands 115 The filberts and cob-nuts of our gardens are supposed to be merely varieties originating in the common Hazel.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 337 Short roundish nuts with a strong thick shell are called Cob nuts.

1889 G. S. Boulger Uses of Plants 58 The Hazel~nut..Its varieties, the Filberts..and the Cob-nuts (vars. grandis, glomerata, crispa) are largely grown in Mid Kent.

b. Applied to foreign nuts; esp. Jamaica cob-nut, the seed of Omphalea diandra; also the tree.

c1639 T. Dekker & J. Ford Sun's-darling (1656) iii. 21 I sweat like a pamper'd jade of Asia, and drop like a Cob-nut out of Africa.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 812 O. diandra is cultivated in St. Domingo and Jamaica, under the name of Noisettier or Cobnut, from the resemblance of the flavour of the seeds to that of the European nut.

2. A game played by children with nuts.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > conkers, etc.

cob-nutc1440

jobnut1659

conquering1821

conkers1877

c1440 [see sense 1a].

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 574/2 Some suche prety playes..as cheristone, mary bone, bokle pit, spurne poynte, cobbe nutte, or quayting.

1594 Mirrour Policie (1599) 186 Augustus so farre abased the imperiall grauity, as to play with little children at cobnut.

1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. III. 92 To play at cob-nut, or whip a top.

1725 N. Bailey tr. Erasmus All Familiar Colloquies 53 They that are fit to play at Cob-Nut are fit to ride upon a Hobby-Horse.

1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Cob-nut, a game which consists in pitching at a row of nuts piled up in heaps of four, three at the bottom and one at the top of each heap. All the nuts knocked down are the property of the pitcher. The nut used for pitching is called the cob. It is sometimes played on the top of a hat with two nuts, when one tries to break the nut of the other with his own, or with two rows of hazel nuts strung on strings through holes bored in the middle.

1885 T. Mozley Reminisc. Towns (ed. 2) I. 402 I must not forget the ‘cob-nuts’ or ‘hob-nuts’..The boys perforated hazel-nuts, ran strings through them, and then battered them against one another, continually renewing the combat with the survivors.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cob-nut
释义	cob-nutn. Brit. /ˈkɒbnʌt/, U.S. /ˈkɑbnət/ Forms: In Middle English cobill, cobylle. Etymology: In earliest use cobill nut : compare cobble n.¹, cob n.¹ 1. a. A large nut of stout short ovate shape, borne by a cultivated variety of the hazel; also the tree. Also attributive, as in cob-nut bush. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > hazel-nut hazelnuteOE Avellana1398 filberta1400 bannuta1500 cob-nut1574 cob1589 hazel1601 Pontic nut1601 stock-nut1833 Barcelona nut1851 noisette1970 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > hazel-nut hazelnuteOE Avellana1398 filberta1400 cob-nut1574 cob1589 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > hazel-nut > hazel-nut tree hazeleOE filbert1393 filbert-tree14.. hazel treea1425 wood nut1578 cob-nut1859 c1440 York Myst. xv. 112 Two cobill notis vppon a bande, Loo! litill babe, what I haue broght. 1483 Cath. Angl. 69 A Cobylle nutt, moracia. a1500 Medulla Gram. Moracia, hard notys long kepte.] 1574 J. Baret Aluearie C 686 A Cobnutte, or walnutte. Caria basilica. Vne noix grande. 1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas Cobnut, Belg. kop-not, nux capitalis, a great nut, such as boyes play at Cobnut withall. 1859 W. S. Coleman Our Woodlands 115 The filberts and cob-nuts of our gardens are supposed to be merely varieties originating in the common Hazel. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 337 Short roundish nuts with a strong thick shell are called Cob nuts. 1889 G. S. Boulger Uses of Plants 58 The Hazel~nut..Its varieties, the Filberts..and the Cob-nuts (vars. grandis, glomerata, crispa) are largely grown in Mid Kent. b. Applied to foreign nuts; esp. Jamaica cob-nut, the seed of Omphalea diandra; also the tree. Π c1639 T. Dekker & J. Ford Sun's-darling (1656) iii. 21 I sweat like a pamper'd jade of Asia, and drop like a Cob-nut out of Africa. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 812 O. diandra is cultivated in St. Domingo and Jamaica, under the name of Noisettier or Cobnut, from the resemblance of the flavour of the seeds to that of the European nut. 2. A game played by children with nuts. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > conkers, etc. cob-nutc1440 jobnut1659 conquering1821 conkers1877 c1440 [see sense 1a]. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 574/2 Some suche prety playes..as cheristone, mary bone, bokle pit, spurne poynte, cobbe nutte, or quayting. 1594 Mirrour Policie (1599) 186 Augustus so farre abased the imperiall grauity, as to play with little children at cobnut. 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. III. 92 To play at cob-nut, or whip a top. 1725 N. Bailey tr. Erasmus All Familiar Colloquies 53 They that are fit to play at Cob-Nut are fit to ride upon a Hobby-Horse. 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Cob-nut, a game which consists in pitching at a row of nuts piled up in heaps of four, three at the bottom and one at the top of each heap. All the nuts knocked down are the property of the pitcher. The nut used for pitching is called the cob. It is sometimes played on the top of a hat with two nuts, when one tries to break the nut of the other with his own, or with two rows of hazel nuts strung on strings through holes bored in the middle. 1885 T. Mozley Reminisc. Towns (ed. 2) I. 402 I must not forget the ‘cob-nuts’ or ‘hob-nuts’..The boys perforated hazel-nuts, ran strings through them, and then battered them against one another, continually renewing the combat with the survivors. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1440
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