Definition of Chesnuts

1. chesnut [n] - See also: chesnut

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chesnuts

chervil
chervils
chervonets
chervontsy
chesed
cheshire
cheshires
cheshirization
chesible
chesibles
chesil
chesils
cheslip
cheslips
chesnut
chesnuts (current term)
chesounable
chess
chess-apple
chess-clock
chess boxing
chess clock
chess club
chess compositions
chess game
chess master
chess masters
chess match
chess move
chess piece

Literary usage of Chesnuts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The French Cook by Louis Eustache Ude (1822)
"Puree of chesnuts. TAKE some fine new chesnuts; slit the peel with your knife, ... Fry the chesnuts till the peel comes off; then boil them in a little ..."

2. Handbook to the Environs of London: Alphabetically Arranged, Containing an by James Thorne (1876)
"The avenues are chiefly of elms and chesnuts, but about the slopes of the ... The chesnuts in Blackheath Avenue have passed maturity, and every year is ..."

3. The Art of Preserving All Kinds of Animal and Vegetable Substances for by Nicolas Appert (1811)
"chesnuts, Truffles, Mushrooms. On taking the chesnuts out of the vessel in which they have been preserved, I plunge them in cold water, sprinkle them with a ..."

4. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1856)
"chesnuts: FIVE OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM. Hazel-nuts a are productive of head-ache, and flatulency of the stomach ; they contribute, however, to the increase ..."

5. The Cook's Dictionary and House-keeper's Directory: A New Family Manual of by Richard Dolby (1830)
"When ready to finish, drain the chesnuts a third time, sprinkle them with sugar and dry ... Peel боте broiled chesnuts, lay them on a napkin, two at a time, ..."

6. The Literary Magazine, and American Register by Charles Brockden Brown (1805)
"TO prevent chesnuts being destroyed by the moles, when planted, let them be planted with the burs on ; this has been successfully practised in New Jersey, ..."

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