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chesnut (countable and uncountable, plural chesnuts)

Obsolete spelling of chestnut.
- 1578, Rembert Dodoens, “Of the Chesnut Tree”, in Henry Lyte, transl., A Niewe Herball, or Historie of Plantes: […], London: […] [Henry [i.e., Hendrik van der] Loë for] Gerard Dewes, […], →OCLC, 6th part (Trees, Shrubbes, Bushes, and Other Plantes of Wooddy Substance), page 729:
  The Cheſnut delighteth in ſhadowie places and mountaynes whoſe ſituation is towardes the North.
- 1580, Iohn Lyly [_i.e._, John Lyly], “Philautus to the Faire, Camilla”, in Euphues and His England. […], London: […] [Thomas East] for Gabriell Cawood, […], →OCLC, folio 73, verso:
  I am not he Camilla that will leaue the Roſe, bicauſe I pricked my finger, or forſake the golde that lyeth in the hot fire, for that I burne my hande, or refuſe the ſweet Cheſnut, for that it is couered with ſharpe huſkes.
- 1732, John Arbuthnot, “Practical Rules of Diet in the Various Constitutions and Diseases of Human Bodies. Chapter I. Of the Different Qualities and Effects of Alimentary Substances. 4. Anti-acid, or Contrary to Acidity or Sourness.”, in An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC, page 258:
  Cheſnuts are good in Female VVeakneſſes, and afford a very good Nouriſhment.
- 1761, John James Rousseau [_i.e._, Jean-Jacques Rousseau], “Notes. [Discourse.] Pag[e] 17..”, in [anonymous], transl., A Discourse upon the Origin and Foundation of the Inequality among Mankind. […], London: […] R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC, page 195:
  This I knovv by my ovvn Experience, having compared the Produce of tvvo Pieces of Land of equal Area and Quality, one ſovved vvith VVheat, and the other planted vvith Cheſnut Trees.
- 1785, William Cowper, “Book I. The Sofa.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC, page 15:
  Theſe cheſnuts ranged in correſponding lines, / And though himſelf ſo poliſh'd, ſtill reprieves / The obſolete prolixity of ſhade.
- 1805, Walter Scott, “Canto First”, in The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A Poem, London: […] [James Ballantyne] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, […], and A[rchibald] Constable and Co., […], →OCLC, stanza XXVIII, page 27:
  […] Aill, from mountains freed, / Down from the lakes did raving come; / Each wave was crested with tawny foam, / Like the mane of a chesnut steed.
- 1814, Robert Southey, “Canto XV”, in Roderick the Last of the Goths, London: […] [F]or Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […], by James Ballantyne and Co. […], →OCLC, page 175:
  The midnight Moon ascends! Her placid beams, / […] / Here, o’er the chesnut’s fretted foliage grey / And massy, motionless they spread; […]
- 1816, William Dimond, The Broken Sword, a Grand Melo-drama, […], London: […] J. Barker, Dramatic Repository, […], →OCLC, Act I, page 13:
  Zav_[ior_]. […] At the dawn of the fourth day's journey, I entered the wood of Collares, when ſuddenly from the thick boughs of a cork tree— / Pab_[lo_]. (jumping up.) A cheſnut, Captain, a 'cheſnut. / Zav. Bah! you booby, I ſay, a cork. / Pab_. And I ſwear, a cheſnut—Captain! this is the twenth-ſeventh time I have heard you relate this ſtory, and you invariably ſaid, a cheſnut, till now._
- 1832, [Leigh Hunt], “Introductory Letter of the Author”, in Sir Ralph Esher: or, Adventures of a Gentleman of the Court of Charles II. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 26:
  She can see, by the colour of my beard, that my hair would be a fine chesnut still.