nuttedadj.
/ˈnʌtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈnədəd/ 1. Provided with or fastened by a nut (nut n.1 IV.). rare.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > [adjective] > with other specific fastenings
buckled1394
clasped1582
chained1613
nutted1688
hooping1795
knock-down1869
stapled1956
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xv. 30/2 An anchor reuersed, sans stock, the Arme nutted and edged.
1885 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 30 Mar. 1272/3 Bicycle, U rim, nutted spokes.
2000 What Mountain Bike Winter 54/2 With a relatively lightweight Alpha aluminium frame, nutted hubs, fast rolling road tyres, cool simple looks and weather sealed cable routing, this could be the perfect mountain biker's ‘other bike’.
2. Having, bearing, or containing many nuts (nut n.1 I.).
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > nut > [adjective] > having or resembling nuts
nutty1596
nuciferous1665
nucamentaceous1829
nucamentous1840
nutted1859
1859 J. G. Whittier Kenoza Lake 14 The nutted woods we wandered through.
1870 Overland Monthly Feb. 125 The sea-crabs sidle to a shade; The cocoa hangs its nutted head; And nothing stirs—the wind is dead.
1889 T. C. Irwin Poems, Sketches, & Songs 202 Through cupolas of bending green, And boles of nutted beeches tall, The sultry, blue sea-line is seen.
1938 G. Taggard Coll. Poems 130 Plain trees stood in the reserved sky, One noticeably: black walnut, branched and nutted.
1979 N.Y. Times 18 May c14/4 A vacherin of nutted meringue layers with whipped cream and strawberries.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1688