ACORN

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.

2.
n.

A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.

3.
n.

See Acorn-shell.


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