Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for NU'CLE-US
NU'CLE-US, n. [L. from nux, a nut.]
- Properly, the kernel of a nut; but in usage, any body about which matter is collected. Woodward.
- The body of a comet, called also its head, which appears to be surrounded with light.
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