Obs. In 4 walsnote, walsh(e)note, welshnote, 6 walshe nutte, 7 walsh-nut. [Corresponds to MHG. wälhisch nuʓ (mod.G. dial. wälsche nuss, wälschnuss), early mod.Flemish (Kilian 16th c.) walsche not, ‘Welsh’ (i.e., Italian or Gaulish) nut: see WALNUT. The word was prob. adopted in ME. from MDu. or MLG., though documentary evidence of its existence in those dialects is wanting.] = WALNUT1 1. Also attrib.

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1368–9.  Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees), 574. 2000 de Walsnotes in precio 2s. 6d.

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c. 1384.  Chaucer, H. Fame, 1281 (Fairf. MS.). Y saugh him carien a wyndmelle Vnder a walsh note [MS. Bodley Welshnote] shale.

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a. 1400.  Pistill of Susan, 99. With wardons winlich and walshe notes newe.

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1502.  Arnolde, Chron., 165. Yf thou wylt plante an almaunde tree or a walsh nott tree or a chery tree.

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1578.  Lyte, Dodoens, VI. lvi. 731. The fruite is called … in Englishe, Walnuttes, Walshe Nuttes, and of some Frenche Nuttes.

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1620.  Venner, Via Recta, vii. 132. The dry Walnuts, or Walsh nuts, are hot and dry in the second degree.

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1633.  Hart, Diet of Diseased, I. xvii. 68. Amongst all these [Nuts], the Wall-nut, or Walsh-nut, beareth away the bell.

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