·noun ·see Acorn-shell.
II. Acorn ·noun The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
III. Acorn ·noun A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
You will ride a horse foaled by an acorn, i.e. the gallows, called also the Wooden and Three-legged ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·- The involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus. ·see <<Barnacle>>. ...
·- An acorn barnacle (Balanus). ...
West out of Bishopsgate at No.128 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Without. First mention: (Lo...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
See Acorn Street. ...