nutgall, nutgal

[English nut, and gall.] An excrescence of the oak; spec., of Quercus infector i a. [GALL, 8.] nut-hatch, *nŭt'-hāke, s . [Eng. nut , and Mid. Eng. hake to hack; the bird that hacks or pecks nuts. ( Skeat .)] Ornithology : 1. Sing .: Sitta eu rope a. The upper parts delicate bluish-gray, throat white, under parts reddish-brown, rich chestnut on flanks. It is extremely shy. The bill is wedge shaped; in habits it resembles the Creeper, but has the power 'of descending the trunk of a tree head downward, which the latter bird never does. The Nuthatch is insectivorous, Nuthatch. using its bill to prise off the bark to get at the insects underneath. "The nuthatch plasters up the gaping mouth of its nest-hole, till only a postern large enough for entrance and exit but easy of defense, is left." 2. Pl .: The genus Sitta, the sub-family Sittinæ, or the family Sittide. 3. Pharm .: It is an aromatic and gentle stimulant and carminative; in large doses it is narcotic. nutmeg-butter, s . Chem.: A solid oil extracted from nutmegs by expre ion. nutmeg-liver, s. Pathol .: An appearance presented by the liver when fatty degeneration of its structure has taken place to a great extent. It looks reticulated with reddish-brown patches corresponding to the hepatic veins, and around them light-yellow rings. IMG:content-0164.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0165.png:[blocks in formation] 1. The act of nourishing; the state of being nourished; that which nourishes; aliment, nutriment, nourishment. "Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition , propagate, and rot." Pope : E ay on Man , ii. 64. 2. That which nourishes; aliment, nutrition. II. Physiology : 1. Animal : The function exercised in the growth and development of the body. The blood in the capillaries is the source from which all the ti ues derive their nutrition, the materials for it being prepared in the blood; then, each individual part by a proce of cell-growth carries on the work. "How the aliment is so prepared for nutrition , or by what mechanism it is so regularly distributed."- Glan . vill : Scepsis Scientific a . 2. Vegetable : It consists of seven proce es: absorption, circulation, respiration, transpiration, excretion, a imilation, and growth. The nutrient substances-some of them e ential and all of them useful-are carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, sulphur, iron, calcium, pota ium, magnesium, phosphorus, sodium, and chlorine. The organs of nutrition are the root, stem, and leaf. Percentage of nutrition in various articles of food: Raw Cucumbers... Bot.: Myristic a moschata, officinal is , fragrans , or aromatic a . It is a tree twenty or twenty-five feet in height, with oblong, aromatic leaves, and fruits like a peach, the fleshy part of which, when ripe, Boiled Turnips. separates into two halves, exposing the aril, called Milk "mace," and the kernel, named "nutmeg" (q.v.). Cabbage It is a native of Banda and the other Molucca Currants.. Islands, but is cultivated in Sumatra, Java, Cayenne, and the West Indies. The fruits are generally gathered in July and August, in December, and in April. [NUTMEG.] nutmeg-wood, s . Bot .: A popular name for the wood of the Pal myra palm. nut-měgged, nut-měged, a . [Eng. nutmeg; ed .] Seasoned or flavored with nutmeg. "Old October, nutmeg'd nice, Send us a tankard, and a slice." Warton: Oxford Newsman's Verses, 1770. *nut-měg-gy, a. [Eng. nutmeg; -y.] Having the appearance, character, or qualities of a nut meg; resembling a nutmeg. nū-tri-ą, neu-tri-a, s. [Spanish nutria =an otter.] 1. Zool.: Myopotamus coypus . "At Buenos Ayres an extensive trade is carried on in the skins of the Coypus, there called nutrias or otters." Eng . Cyclop . ( Nat . Hist . ), iii. 190. 2. Comm.: The skin of the Coypu, formerly much used, like that of the beaver, in hat-making. *nu-tri-ca-tion, s . [Latin nutricatio , from nu tricatus , pa. par. of nutrico = to nourish, nutriz ( gen it.nutricis )=a nurse.] The act or manner of feeding or being fed. "The tongue of this animal is a second argument to overthrow this airy nut rica tion."-Browne: Vulgar Errors, bk. iii., ch. xxi. nü-tri-ent, a. & s. [Latin nutriens, pr. par. of nutrio =to nourish.] A. As adjective: 1. Ord . Lang .: Nourishing, nutritious, nutritive. 2. Anat .: Conveying nourishment to. Used of various arteries, as that of the femur, that of the humerus, . B. As subst.: A substance which nourishes; a nutritious substance. IMG:content-0166.png:[blocks in formation] "The stomach, urg'd beyond its active tone, Hardly to nutrimental chyle subdues The softest food." Armstrong: Art of Preserving Health , ii. we, wet, here, camel, her, there; Whipped Eggs. Beets Apples... IMG:content-0167.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0168.jpg:[blocks in formation] Peaches... Boiled Codfish. Potatoes Roast Poultry. nu-tri-tioŭs, adj . [Latin nutritius , nutricius, from nutrix (gen it. nutricis )=a nurse; nutrio =to nourish.) Having the quality or power of nourishing; containing or furnishing nourishment or aliment; capable of promoting the growth or repairing the waste of organic bodies; nourishing, nutritive. Nutritious !" "Thy furrows whiten'd by the woolly rain Philips : Cider. nu-tri-tious-ly, adv . [ Eng.nutritious ; -ly .] In a nutritious manner; nourishingly. nu-tri-tious-ne , s . [Eng. nutritious ; -ne .] The quality or state of being nutritious. nū-tri-tive, a . [ Fr.nutritif , from Lat. nutritus , pa. par. of nutrio =to nourish; Sp. & Port. nutri tivo . 1. Having the quality or power of nourishing; nutritious. "The hidden nutritive power of the divine benediction."-South: Sermons, vol. ix., ser. 2. 2. Pertaining or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutrition. nü-tri-tive-ly, adv . [ Eng.nutritive ; -ly.] Ina nutritive manner; nutritiously, nourishingly. nü'-tri-tive-ne , s . [English nutritive ; -ne .] The quality or state of being nutritive; nutritious IMG:content-0169.jpg:[graphic] ne .