בָּלוּט m. (בלט) 1) acorn, nut.—Pl. בְּלוּטִים, בְּלוּטִין. Men. 63ᵃ בְּלוּטֵי היונים Grecian nuts (nut-ben; v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Balanus). —2) oak. Pl. as above. Y. Keth. VII, end, 31ᵈ; Gen. R. s. 15, expl. אַלֹּונִים (v. next w.) —3) (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Porta) peg placed in the door-bars when quite home in the socket. Pesik. R. s. 6 if the gate-bars were wanting ב׳ אחד only one peg.—Pl. as above. Ibid. —4) key-bit. Y. Sabb. VIII, 11ᵇ bot. כלוט (corr. acc.); v. חָף.