In 2008, the Democratic Party gathered in Denver for its 2008 convention. There, a donkey named Mordecai became the first official live mascot in the history of the party, giving a new meaning to the expression political animal. This Democratic symbol aimed to provide a few light-hearted moments at the convention.
Variously known as cupstones, anvil stones, pitted cobbles and nutting stones, among other names, these roughly discoidal or amorphous groundstone artifacts are among the most common lithic remains of Native American culture, especially in the Midwest, in Early Archaic contexts.
Definition of NUT. 1. a (1) : a hard-shelled dry fruit or seed with a separable rind or shell and interior kernel (2) : the kernel of a nut b: a dry indehiscent one-seeded fruit with a woody pericarp.2. a: a hard problem or undertaking b: core, heart.3.efinition of NUT for Kids. 1. : a dry fruit or seed with a firm inner kernel and a hard shell. 2. : the often edible kernel of a nut. 3. : a small piece of metal with a hole through it that can be screwed onto a bolt for tightening or holding something.