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Thomson: Autumn, 58. 1. The shell, gland, or husk of the actual acorn. "Who from hollow boughs above him Dropped their acorn- shells upon him." Long fellow: Song of Hiawatha, xvi 2. The English name given to the se ile barnacles (Balanide), from the resemblance which they bear to acorns. The shell is usually composed of six segments, firmly united into a tube. The lower part of this tube is fixed to some solid body, such as a wooden stake or stone within high-water mark. The upper part is covered and protected by a movable roof, consisting of two to four valves, from between which the balanus can protrude its beautifully delicate cirri. a'-corned, a. [ACORN.] 1. Gen. Bearing acorns; having fed on acorns; po e ed of acorns. Chiefly, if not even exclusively, in composition. "A full acorned boar." IMG:content-0122.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0123.png:[blocks in formation] "Deus laudem it is y clepud This sal me the quene radde For to acorsy here brother body, And alle that him ladde." MS. Coll . Trin., Ozon., 57. ( Hall i well .) ac-or-ŭs, s . [In Fr. acore ; Sp., Port., & Ital. acoro, fr. Lat, acorus , or acorum; Gr. άκορος (akoros) the sweet-flag: a, priv.; κόρη (korē) =the pupil of the eye, or the eye, for the diseases of which the plant was supposed to be beneficial.] Sweet-rush. 1. Bot . A genus of plants belonging to the order Orontiaceæ, or to Araceæ. There is but one British species-the interesting A. calamus , Linn., the sweet-sedge, or sweet flag. The flowers are arranged upon a se ile spadix. The spathe, which resembles the leaves, is not convolute. The perianth is in six pieces, and inferior. The ovary is three celled, the fruit baccate. Its rhizome, which is aromatic, is used in the preparation of hair powder and other perfumery; confectioners manufacture a candy from it; blenders use it for flavouring gin, and brewers in making beer. The whole plant, when bruised, gives forth a pleasant smell, on which account it was formerly mixed with rushes when the latter were strewed on the floors of rooms. It is still scattered over the floor of Norwich Cathedral on certain festival days. It is abundant in Norfolk and Suffolk, and found more sparingly in some other localities in Britain. 2. Bot. & Phar.: A name sometimes given to the great galangule ( Alpinia galanga ), a Zingiberaceous plant. 3. Zool. Blue coral.