Filbert vs Gilbert - What's the difference?
filbert | gilbert |
The hazelnut.
* 1610 , , act 2 scene 2
The hazel tree.
A paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a curving, tongue-shaped head.
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* 1605 , Remains Concerning Britain , John Russell Smith, 1870, p.81:
As nouns the difference between filbert and gilbert
is that filbert is the hazelnut while gilbert is the cgs unit of magnetomotive force equal to 07958 ampere-turns.filbert
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Alternative forms
* filberdNoun
(en noun)- I'll bring thee / To clust'ring filberts , and sometimes I'll get thee / Young scamels from the rock.
Synonyms
* (nut) hazelnut * (tree) hazelnutHyponyms
* cobnut (usually the common hazel (Corylus avellana ) which grows in the UK and Europe)gilbert
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Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Gilbert - - - because it is written in Dooms-day book Gislebert, I judge it rather to signifie Bright or brave pledge - - - .So it is a well fitting name for children which are the only sweet pledges and pawns of love between man and wife.