gavel vs nutmeg

gavel

noun
  • A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle. 

  • A wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge, or by a committee chairman, struck against a sounding block to quieten those present, or by an auctioneer to accept the highest bid at auction. 

  • Rent. 

  • The legal system as a whole. 

  • A mason's setting maul. 

  • An old Saxon and Welsh form of tenure by which an estate passed, on the holder's death, to all the sons equally; also called gavelkind. 

verb
  • To use a gavel. 

  • To divide or distribute according to the gavel system. 

nutmeg

noun
  • A whole nutmeg seed. 

  • A grey-brown colour. 

  • The powdered seed, ready for use. 

  • The playing of the ball between the legs of an opponent. 

  • An evergreen tree (Myristica fragrans) cultivated in the East Indies for its spicy seeds. 

  • A small moth, Hadula trifolii, feeding on plants and native to the Northern Hemisphere. 

verb
  • To flavour with nutmeg. 

  • To play the ball between the legs of (an opponent). 

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