acornedadj.
/ˈeɪkɔːnd/, U.S. /ˈeɪˌkɔrnd/ 1. Provided or decorated with acorns; bearing acorns. In early use chiefly Heraldry.
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1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. vii. 105 He beareth Azure, a Cheueron Ermine, three Oken Slips, acorned proper.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. iii. 46/2 He beareth Argent, on a Mount, an Oak Tree Acorned or Fructed, proper.
1751 F. Nichols Brit. Compend. (ed. 9) 581 Each Supporter gorged with a Garland or Chaplet of Oak, Emerald, Acorn'd Gold.
1787 J. Prestwich Respublica 106 Three oak twigs, acorned and leaved proper.
1839 G. Mogridge Old Humphrey's Addr. 55 In May..it [sc. a tree] looked fresh as a daisy, leafed, and acorned, and oak-balled.
1889 Contemp. Rev. July 35 The way led up a narrow lane overshadowed with acorned oaks and wild apple-trees.
1922 L. A. Banks New Ten Commandments 41 Trees that spring from the acorned clod Must wrestle, and reach, and grow.
1999 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 18 May f4 Male models wore flowered, feathered and acorned chapeaus.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [adjective] > fattening pigs > fed on acorns
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) ii. v. 16 Like a full Acorn'd Boare, a Iarmen on[e], Cry'de oh, and mounted.
1855 R. Browning Holy-Cross Day iv, in Men & Women II. 160 I liken his Grace to an acorned hog.
1880 Ld. Lytton Let. in Lady B. Balfour Hist. Ld. Lytton's Indian Admin. (1899) 421 He must..be up to the time of day, if he would not be trampled by all the acorned hogs when they cry Oh ! and mount.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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