nutgall
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Noun
nutgall (plural nutgalls)
- A kind of gall on a tree formed in response to damage or parasite, with a nut-like shape.
- 1848, John Hannett, Bibliopegia, or, The Art of Bookbinding in all its branches, page 65:
- In two pints of water boil one ounce of tan, and a like portion of nutgall till reduced to a pint.
- 1848, John Hannett, Bibliopegia, or, The Art of Bookbinding in all its branches, page 65:
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