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pearmain|ˈpɛəmeɪn|
Forms: 5 parmayn, permayn(e, parment; 6–7 pearemain(e, 7– pearmain, (7 per-, pear(e-, pair-, pare-, peer-main(e, -mane, -mayn, 7–9 permain).
[ME. a. OF. par-, permain, app. ad. L. *parmānus of Parma: see W. Foerster in Zeitschr. f. Rom. Phil. 1899, XXIII. 423. In mod.Ger. parmäne.]
†1. A variety of pear; app. the same as the warden. Obs.
[1285Ld. Treas. Roll 14 Edw. I m. 1 Walterus de Burgo..reddidit ad Scaccarium cc. pira parmennorum et duo modia vini pro se et Galfrido de Fontibus..et Waltero de Billingeye..pro manerio de Runham quod de Rege tenent.] c1425Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 647/29 Nomina fructuum..Hoc uolemum, permayne. 1483Cath. Angl. 270/1 A Parmayn, volemum, Anglice a warden. 1611[see 3].
2. Name of a variety of apple, of which there are many sub-varieties.
1597Gerarde Herbal iii. xcv. 1274 Of the apple tree..The sommer Pearemaine... The winter Pearemaine. 1602in Lyly's Wks. (1902) I. 492 Wee haue jenitings, paremayns, russet coates, pippines. 1612Drayton Poly-olb. xviii. 675 The Pearemaine, which to France long ere to us was knowne. 1663–4Wood Life 2 Jan. (O.H.S.) II. 1 For a peck of peermanes, 6d; given to Mary to fetch them, 1d. 1707Mortimer Husb. (1721) II. 287 The Russet Pearmain..partakes both of the Russeting and Pearmain in colour and taste, the one side being generally Russet, and the other streak'd like a Pearmain. 1834Penny Cycl. II. 190/1 Hubbard's pearmain..Autumn pearmain..Adam's pearmain..Lamb-Abbey pearmain. 1875Blackmore A. Lorraine III. vi. 81 A tempting and beautiful apple, a scarlet permain.
3. attrib. and Comb.
c1425Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 646/10 Hec uolemus, permayntre. 1483Cath. Angl. 270/1 A Parmayn tre (A. parment tre), volemus..a wardentre. 1611Cotgr., Poire de parmain, the Permaine Peare. 1616Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 395 It is grafted..vpon the Thorne or Quince-tree, and vpon the Peare-maine-tree. 1679Blount Anc. Tenures 69 It is worth the observing that in King Edward the firsts time Permain-cider was called wine. |