1633 tr. J. A. Comenius (ed. 2) x. §114 He must take off the shell, and breake the Nut that would eate the Kernell, whether it bee a Walnut, or a Filbeard (which a Beard tree [1631 (ed. 1) which a hazel or filbeard tree] doth produce) or a Thistle, or an Almond.