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filbert noun. LME.
[Anglo-Norman philbert, dial. French noix de filbert a nut ripe about St Philibert's day (20 or (Old Style) 22 August).]
A cultivated hazelnut, esp. one of a relatively elongated kind. Also, a tree producing these, esp. Corylus maxima. LME.
b. The head. slang. L19.
Art. In full filbert brush. A flat oval bristle brush used in oil-painting. M20.