nut-head

The boards we use are attached to the permanent stone copings by bolts and nuts 4 feet apart ; iron bands, which are used to strengthen the boards, afford firm hold for the nut-heads.

Speaking of nut-heads reminds me of the shrunken head trophies which head-hunters sell as souvenirs in the interior of Ecuador and of a specimen I later saw in La Paz.

Although dense stands of tall nut-heads are sometimes present after flooding, the plant more commonly occurs as scattered individuals.

They were tactful toward me, considerate of my feelings, and usually greeted me with encouraging remarks like, "Ain't you folks gone bankropt yit?" or "They's been some real nut-heads drift through here in my time but you birds take the cake."

Addressing this cavalier Western attitude, Dr. Muniini K. Mulera warned "self-righteous moralists informed by hindsight" not to ask how anyone could be so gullible. "Labelling these people stupid nut-heads will not do," he wrote in the Monitor.