Acorn

[A. S. aac, an oak, and cern, grain.] ( Bot. ) The well-known fruit of the oak. In the early ages, acorns constituted a principal part of the food of man. (Ovid, Meta morph. i. 106; Virgil, Georg. i. 8,) . At present they are used for the feeding of pigs. See QUERCUS. A'corn, v. n. To pick up and feed on acorns. "The pigs are gone a corning."