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Webster 1913 Edition
Acorn
A′corn
,Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Acorn
A'CORN
, n.1.
The seed or fruit of the oak; an oval nut which grows in a rough permanent cup.The first settlers of Boston were reduced to the necessity of feeding on clams, muscles, ground nuts, and acorns.
2.
In marine language, a small ornamental piece of wood, of a conical shape, fixed on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast head, to keep the vane from being blown off.3.
In natural history, the Lepas, a genus of shells of several species found on the British coast. The shell is multivalvular, unequal, and fixed by a stem; the valves are parallel and perpendicular, but they do not open, so that the animal performs its functions by an aperture on the top. These shells are always fixed to some solid body.Definition 2024
acorn
acorn
English
Acorns.
Noun
acorn (plural acorns)
- 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.
- (zoology) See acorn-shell.
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) A testicle.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
fruit of the oak tree
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Holonyms
- (fruit of an oak): oak
