filbert

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(Hums, haws, and examines his nails,--filbert-nails, not a speck on them.

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  1. noun See hazel.
  2. noun See hazelnut.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French (nois de) filbert, (nut of) Philbert, after Saint Philibert (died 684), whose feast day in late August coincides with the ripening of the nut.

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  1. Formerly also written filberd, also filbeard, also (with ph) philbert, philibert, philliberd; from Middle English filberde, fylberde, fylbyrde, ffylbert, philliberd. Origin uncertain, the history being obscure and involved in fable and conjecture; perhaps ult. from the name of St. Philibert.
 

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/ˈfɪlbərt/
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