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Here is the definition of 'filbert' according to the Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition from the on-line version at Northwestern University. In short, I'm a nut. Ain't that the truth?
filbert
filbert fi.lb<e>rt. Forms: <alpha>; 4 philliberd, 6-7 philbert, (7 -ibert), (8 philberd, -bud). <beta>; 5 fel-, 5-6 fyl-, 6-9 filberd(e, (7 -burd, fillberd), 6-9 dial. filbeard(e, (6 fyl-), 6 filberte, (fylbert), 6- 7 filbird(e, (6 fylbyrd). 4- filbert. prob. short for filbert (i.e. Philibert)-nut, dial. Fr. noix de filbert (Moisy Dict. Patois Normand) from being ripe near St. Philibert's day, Aug. 22 (O.S.). Cf. Ger. Lamberts-nuss.
1.
a. The fruit or nut of the cultivated hazel (Corylus avellana).

1292 Britton ii. xxiv. Sect.1 Et as foiles, et as flours (v.r. e a philbers).

A. 1400 Pistill of Susan 92 The fyge and pe filbert were fode med so fayre.
C. 1440 Promp. Parv. 160 Fylberde, notte, fillum.
1533 Elyot Cast. Helthe (1539) 21 b, Fylberdes and hasyll nuttes..are more stronge in substance than wall nuttes.
1620 Venner Via Recta vii. 127 Filberds are wholsomer then the common Hasell-Nuts.
1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 70 Something bigger, and more oval than a Filbeard.
1774 Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) IV. 29 The acorn, the philberd, the chesnut, and the wilding.
1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) I. 264, I grew two hundred weight of filberts..upon fifty-seven trees.

b. slang. The head (cf. nut sb.1 7).

1886 H. Baumann Londinismen 54/1 Cracked in the filbert,..dotty.
1936 J. Curtis Gilt Kid xx. 198 Get that into your old filbert.

2. The tree bearing the nut; = filbert-tree.

1393 Gower Conf. II. 30 And after Phillis philliberd This tre was cleped in the yerd.
C. 1450 Lydg. Compl. Loveres Life 68 The filbert eke, that lowe doth encline Her bowes grene.
? C. 1475 Sqr. lowe Degre 37 The fylbyrdes hangyng to the ground.
1523 Fitzherb. Husb. Sect.140 Fylberdes and walnuttes may be set on the nuttes in a gardeyn.
1616 Surfl. & Markh; Country Farme 341 Filberts..doe grow of smal shoots.
1796 C. Marshall Garden. vi. (1813) 80 Filberds are raised from nuts or suckers.
1858 Glenny Gard. Everyday Bk. 21 Filberts must be planted by the same rules.

3. attrib. and Comb.
a. simple attrib:, as

filbert-grove
filbert-grove,

filbert-hedge
-hedge,

filbert-nut
-nut,

filbert-tree
-tree,

filbert-walk
-walk.
b. similative, as

filbert nails
filbert nails;

filbert-formed
filbert-formed,

filbert-shaped
-shaped adjs. Also,
filbert-mouse
filbert-mouse, the common dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius), so called from its fondness for filberts.
`Filbert nails' are often referred to as a beauty, but sometimes regarded as a symptom of consumptive tendencies.

A. 1845 Barham Ingol. Leg., Lady Rohesia, A pretty little hand with..*filbert-formed nails.
1552 Huloet, *Filberde groue, coryletum.
1742 Fielding J. Andrews iii. iv, A short Walk, shaded on each side by a *Filbert Hedge.
A. 1821 Keats Poems, `I stood tiptoe' 35 A filbert hedge with wild briar overtwined.
1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts 545 Of the Nut-mouse, Hasell-mouse, or *Filburd-mouse.
1861 Trollope Framley P. I. i. 9 Clear white hands, *filbert nails.
1552 Huloet, *Filberd nutte, abellina.
14.. Nom. in Wr.-Wulcker 715 Hec morus, a *fylberdtre.
1551 Turner Herbal i. (1568) M iij a, The gardyne nutt tree [is] called the fylberde tree.
1751 Phil. Trans. XLVII. 176 The fruit of the nut and filberd-tree will be most numerous.
1879 Miss Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk, `I never sid the filbyard-trees covered ooth lamb-tails [catkins] as they bin this ear' [1879].


	Here is the definition of 'filbert' according to the Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition from the on-line version at Northwestern University. In short, I'm a nut. Ain't that the truth? filbert filbert fi.lb<e>rt. Forms: <alpha>; 4 philliberd, 6-7 philbert, (7 -ibert), (8 philberd, -bud). <beta>; 5 fel-, 5-6 fyl-, 6-9 filberd(e, (7 -burd, fillberd), 6-9 dial. filbeard(e, (6 fyl-), 6 filberte, (fylbert), 6- 7 filbird(e, (6 fylbyrd). 4- filbert. prob. short for filbert (i.e. Philibert)-nut, dial. Fr. noix de filbert (Moisy Dict. Patois Normand) from being ripe near St. Philibert's day, Aug. 22 (O.S.). Cf. Ger. Lamberts-nuss. 1. a. The fruit or nut of the cultivated hazel (Corylus avellana). 1292 Britton ii. xxiv. Sect.1 Et as foiles, et as flours (v.r. e a philbers). A. 1400 Pistill of Susan 92 The fyge and pe filbert were fode med so fayre. C. 1440 Promp. Parv. 160 Fylberde, notte, fillum. 1533 Elyot Cast. Helthe (1539) 21 b, Fylberdes and hasyll nuttes..are more stronge in substance than wall nuttes. 1620 Venner Via Recta vii. 127 Filberds are wholsomer then the common Hasell-Nuts. 1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 70 Something bigger, and more oval than a Filbeard. 1774 Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) IV. 29 The acorn, the philberd, the chesnut, and the wilding. 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) I. 264, I grew two hundred weight of filberts..upon fifty-seven trees. b. slang. The head (cf. nut `sb.1` 7). 1886 H. Baumann Londinismen 54/1 Cracked in the filbert,..dotty. 1936 J. Curtis Gilt Kid xx. 198 Get that into your old filbert. 2. The tree bearing the nut; = filbert-tree. 1393 Gower Conf. II. 30 And after Phillis philliberd This tre was cleped in the yerd. C. 1450 Lydg. Compl. Loveres Life 68 The filbert eke, that lowe doth encline Her bowes grene. ? C. 1475 Sqr. lowe Degre 37 The fylbyrdes hangyng to the ground. 1523 Fitzherb. Husb. Sect.140 Fylberdes and walnuttes may be set on the nuttes in a gardeyn. 1616 Surfl. & Markh; Country Farme 341 Filberts..doe grow of smal shoots. 1796 C. Marshall Garden. vi. (1813) 80 Filberds are raised from nuts or suckers. 1858 Glenny Gard. Everyday Bk. 21 Filberts must be planted by the same rules. 3. attrib. and Comb. a. simple attrib:, as filbert-grove filbert-grove, filbert-hedge -hedge, filbert-nut -nut, filbert-tree -tree, filbert-walk -walk. b. similative, as filbert nails filbert nails; filbert-formed filbert-formed, filbert-shaped -shaped adjs. Also, filbert-mouse filbert-mouse, the common dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius), so called from its fondness for filberts. `Filbert nails' are often referred to as a beauty, but sometimes regarded as a symptom of consumptive tendencies. A. 1845 Barham Ingol. Leg., Lady Rohesia, A pretty little hand with..filbert-formed nails. 1552* Huloet, Filberde groue, coryletum. 1742* Fielding J. Andrews iii. iv, A short Walk, shaded on each side by a Filbert Hedge. A. 1821* Keats Poems, `I stood tiptoe' 35 A filbert hedge with wild briar overtwined. 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts 545 Of the Nut-mouse, Hasell-mouse, or Filburd-mouse. 1861* Trollope Framley P. I. i. 9 Clear white hands, filbert nails. 1552* Huloet, Filberd nutte, abellina. 14..* Nom. in Wr.-Wulcker 715 Hec morus, a fylberdtre. 1551* Turner Herbal i. (1568) M iij a, The gardyne nutt tree [is] called the fylberde tree. 1751 Phil. Trans. XLVII. 176 The fruit of the nut and filberd-tree will be most numerous. 1879 Miss Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk, `I never sid the filbyard-trees covered ooth lamb-tails [catkins] as they bin this ear' [1879].

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