Then close and dark my arms I spread, And shadow'd all her rest-- Dropt dews upon her golden head, An acorn in her breast.
But thou, while kingdoms overset, Or lapse from hand to hand, Thy leaf shall never fail, nor yet Thine acorn in the land.
So on an oaken sprout A goodly acorn grew; But winds from heaven shook the acorn out, And filled the cup with dew.
The leaves and bark of the Oak, and the acorn cups, do bind and dry very much.
The acorn in powder taken in wine, provokes urine, and resists the poison of venomous creatures.
Both the bark of the oak, and Acorn Cups are drying and cold, binding, stop fluxes and the menses, as also the running of the reins; have a care how you use them before due purging.
At length he came back, and with him a she, And the acorn was grown to a tall oak tree.
Then they trotted away, for the wind it grew high One acorn they left and no more might you spy.
He picked up the acorn and buried it straight By the side of a river both deep and great.
Leaves thin, smooth, deeply cut; acorn cup drawn in at the top.
Once in a while you may find an acorn almost covered up in its husk.
The bloom of the black oak consists of a fringe of yellow catkins at the base of each shoot, and pairs of red-tongued acorn flowers in the angles of some of the leaves.
The acorn differs from the black oak in being smaller and daintier, and in having its cup drawn in tightly at the rim.
If a tree which we suspect to be an oak has no acorn to show us, on or under the tree, a little close looking will usually find some acorn cups still hanging on, or lying where they fell upon the ground.
In the angles of the new leaves farther up the stem, we shall find the little acorn flowers, usually in twos.
Its acorn cups, bark, and the galls it bears are of the very best quality.
The acorn cups of a European oak were used to tan the skins that made this leather so much more beautiful than that of your shoes.
An acorn is a kind of nut, and there are many kinds of oaks, each with its own acorn pattern, unlike that of other oaks.
Leaves leathery, rough, with rusty hairs beneath; acorncup not drawn in at the top.
No wonder squirrels harvest the crop, and young trees spring up wherever anacorn is missed by the hungry creatures.
THE BUR OR MOSSY-CUP OAK The largest acorn I know is the fruit of the bur oak, and it is borne in a mossy cup, indeed.
Illustration: Catkins, staminate and pistillate, of a hornbeam and a birch; catkins and acorn flowers of an oak] In England the witch elm corresponds to our own witch hazel.
Seth, Ethical Principles, 429--"The oak explains the acorn even more truly than the acorn explains the oak.
I am told that they have oak trees there which yield an acorn that is better than the chestnut.
But Skrymir sat up, and stroking his cheek said, "An acorn fell on my head.
But man is not fully grown as the acorn and the chestnut; never gets mature.
The acorn and the chestnut, things natural to this climate, ripen every year.
The acorn is not more obviously the parent of the oak than those two institutions of New England the parent of such masculine virtues as distinguish her sons.
They were small enough, however, if we may believe one of queen Titania’s maids of honour, to conceal themselves in acorn shells.
He tried the plan which has been described but failed, but he was successful with an acorn and a datestone which were planted each in a thumb-pot in a mixture of peat and loam.
Upon a mushroom's head Our tablecloth we spread; A grain of rye or wheat Is manchet which we eat; Pearly drops of dew we drink, In acorn cups filled to the brink.
The Prince thought the cat was mocking him, but she bade him put the acorn to his ear and listen.
When he did this he could hear from within the acorn a sound of barking as thin and small as the squeaking of a mouse.
We did not know one acornplanted Was mightier than an hundred fighting men.
We found the stomach full of acorn mush, just as clean and sweet as a mess of cornmeal.
The acorn trees of the valleys had been taken from them; nothing remained but evil spirits in the land of his forefathers.
By his side we placed his fire sticks, ten pieces of dentalia or Indian money, a small bag of acorn meal, a bit of dried venison, some tobacco, and his bow and arrows.
The manor of Acorn Bank, near Temple Sowerby, used to have the right, or rather the privilege was claimed.
I have seen the acorn before I saw the tree: I have seen the acorn and I have seen the shoot: I have seen the oak in the wood of Brézal, but never saw I such a thing as this.
I saw the acorn whence it rose, germinate and become a twig .
In it the changeling is heard muttering to himself in a cracked voice, "I have seen the acorn before I saw the oak: I have seen the egg before I saw the white hen: I have never seen the like of this.
Then Alice Wibblewobble poured the rest of the molasses out of the can into an empty acorn cup and Brighteyes took it home to Buddy, who liked it very much, and I almost wish I had some molasses candy; don't you?
By this time Johnnie and Billie had found the green acorn and had divided and eaten it, so they came back to find Buddy.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "acorn" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: berry; brown; color; fruit; grain; hayseed; kernel; nut; pigment; pit; seed; stone
