Definition of Acrn
A"corn (&?;), n. [AS. æcern, fr.
æcer field, acre; akin to D. aker acorn, Ger.
ecker, Icel. akarn, Dan. agern, Goth. akran
fruit, akrs field; -- orig. fruit of the field. See Acre.]
1. The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in
a woody cup or cupule.
2. (Naut.) A cone-shaped piece of wood on
the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
3. (Zoöl.) See Acorn-
shell.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
ACORN. You will ride a horse foaled by an acorn, i.e. the
gallows, called also the Wooden and Three-legged Mare.
You will be hanged.--See THREE-LEGGED MARE.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
- (Nautical): A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
- (Zoölogy:) See acorn-shell
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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