Meaning of chesnut | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. Obsolete spelling of chestnut.
   alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“The Cheſnut delighteth in ſhadowie places and mountaynes whoſe ſituation is towardes the North.”

“I am not he Camilla that will leaue the Roſe, bicauſe I pricked my finger, or forſake the golde that lyeth in the hot fire, for that I burne my hande, or refuſe the ſweet Cheſnut, for that it is couered with ſharpe huſkes.”

“Cheſnuts are good in Female VVeakneſſes, and afford⟳ a very good Nouriſhment.”

“This I knovv by my ovvn Experience⟳, having compared the Produce⟳ of tvvo Pieces of Land⟳ of equal Area and Quality, one ſovved vvith VVheat, and the other planted vvith Cheſnut Trees.”

“Theſe cheſnuts ranged in correſponding lines, / And though himſelf ſo poliſh'd, ſtill reprieves / The obſolete prolixity of ſhade.”

“[…] Aill, from mountains freed, / Down from the lakes did raving come⟳; / Each wave⟳ was crested with tawny foam, / Like⟳ the mane of a chesnut steed.”

“The midnight Moon ascends! Her placid beams, / […] / Here, o’er the chesnut’s fretted foliage grey / And massy, motionless they spread⟳; […]”

“Zav[ior]. […] At the dawn of the fourth day's journey, I entered the wood of Collares, when ſuddenly from the thick boughs of a cork tree— / Pab[lo]. (jumping up.) A cheſnut, Captain, a 'cheſnut. / Zav. Bah! you booby, I ſay, a cork. / Pab. And I ſwear, a cheſnut—Captain! this is the twenth-ſeventh time I have⟳ heard you relate⟳ this ſtory, and you invariably ſaid, a cheſnut, till now.”

“She can see⟳, by the colour of my beard, that my hair would be a fine chesnut still.”

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