1. Noun
The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
2. Noun
A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
3. Noun
See Acorn-shell.
4. Noun
fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
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