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1. <botany> The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
2. A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
Origin: AS. Aecern, fr. Aecer field, acre; akin to D. Aker acorn, Ger. Ecker, Icel. Akarn, Dan. Agern, Goth. Akran fruit, akrs field; orig. Fruit of the field.
(01 Mar 1998)
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