filbert

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noun

1

The hazelnut.

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 […]

2

The hazel tree.

3

A paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a curving, tongue-shaped head.

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A surname.

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Synonyms

noun — nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus

hazelnut
cobnut
cob

noun — small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe

cobnut

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

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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 deli