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Nut-hatch


NUT'-HATCH, noun The common name of birds of the genus sitta. The common European nut-hatch is called also nut-jobber and nut-pecker.

NUT'-HOOK, noun A pole with a hook at the end to pull down boughs for gathering the nuts; also, the name given to a thief that stole goods from a window by means of a hook.