Assertion: acorn | /r/HasProperty | steeped in water
Facets:
value: to destroy the bitterness
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: During the great dearth of 1709 the French were driven to eat bread of acorns steeped in water to destroy the bitterness, and they suffered there from injurious effects, such as obstinate constipation, or destructive cholera.