wing nut in English
noun
1
a nut with a pair of projections for the fingers to screw it on.
A typical Lancashire-pattern wing nut on the heavy screw tightens the blade.
2
an Asian tree of the walnut family, with a deeply fissured trunk, compound leaves, and characteristic broad-winged nutlets.
This Wing Nut tree (Pterocarya fraxinifolia) is one of the biggest trees in Cambridge (more than 30m high and more than 10m wide).
3
a mad or crazy person.
some wingnut down in Finance
noun
butterfly nut
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1. Adjustable wing nut-less cymbal mount
2. These adjustment means are formed by a threaded rod 37 with a wing nut 39 present thereon.
3. A pair of 19th-Century Barne's-pattern craniotomy forceps, nickel-plated with ebony handles, signed Bergamini-- 17in.(44cm.) long (wing nut damaged); a 19th-Century nickel-plated Basilyst with ebony handle, signed Lollini -- 13in.(33cm.) long; and a 19th-Century nickel-plated perforator with finger-grip operated blade, ebony handle, signed Bergamini -- 15in.