What is a cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head called?
acorn — (Naut.) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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