Filbert

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. The hazelnut.
3. The hazel tree.
4. A paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a curving, tongue-shaped head.

Equivalents

Examples

“I'll bring⟳ thee / To clust'ring filberts, and sometimes I'll get⟳ thee / Young scamels from the rock.”

“I've seen one monkey force⟳ open⟳ the jaws of his brother, resolutely introduce⟳ his fingers, pluck from the sanctuary of his cheek the filbert he had just stowed there for his private nutrition and delight, and crunch and eat⟳ it with a stern ecstasy of selfishness, himself […]”

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