NU'TRITURE, noun The quality of nourishing. [Not used.] NUT'-SHELL, noun 1. The hard shell of a nut; the covering of the kernel. 2. Proverbially, a thing of little compass or of little value. NUT'-TREE, noun A tree that bears nuts.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI