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‖ kiskitomas|-ˈtɒməs|
Also kiskatom, kisky-Thomas.
[Corruption of an Amer. Indian name.]
kiskitomas nut, a hickory nut.
1809A. Ritson Poetical Pict. Amer. 161 Their nuts, black walnuts, persimins, Kiscatoma nuts, and Chinquapins. [1810F. A. Michaux Histoire des arbres forestiers I. 20 Shell bark hickery [sic]..nom le plus en usage dans tous les Etats-Unis... Kiskythomas, par les Hollandois du New-Jersey. ]1832D. J. Browne Sylva Americana 184 The Dutch settlers..near the city of New York, call it Kisky Thomas Nut. 1836W. Dunlap Mem. Water Drinker (1837) I. 48 While the rustic jest, or the tale of..wars..mingle with the cracking of the kisskatomasses..and walnuts. 1850Literary World 2 Nov. (Bartlett), Hickory, shell-bark, kiskitomas nut, Or whatsoever thou art called. 1858Hogg Veg. Kingd. 691 The fruit of Carya alba, or Shell-bark Hickory, are called Kisky Thomas Nuts, and are also much esteemed in America. 1894Jrnl. Amer. Folk-Lore VII. 98 Carya alba, kiskytom, Otsego Co., N.Y. |