cherryn.
/ˈtʃɛri/, U.S. /ˈtʃɛri/ 1.
a. A well-known stone-fruit; the pulpy drupe of certain species (or a sub-genus) of Prunus (family Rosaceæ). When used without qualification it usually means the fruit of the cultivated tree ( Prunus Cerasus or Cerasus vulgaris); of this, two forms are now also found wild in Britain; the more distinct of these, the common Wild Cherry or Gean, is sometimes considered a separate species ( P. Avium).
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > stone fruit > [noun] > cherry
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > cherry
cherryc1350
cherry-fruit-
c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 269/18 Cerasius, cirisbeam.
1236 Pipe Roll 20 Hen. III, Suffolk, Honour of Clare Et de lxvi. s. et de v. d. de pomis et cicera et cerasis venditis per eadem maneria.]
c1350 Medical MS. in Archæol. XXX. 354 Late hym take ye cheriston mete And with holy watir it drynke & ete.
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. vii. 281 Chibolles & cheruelys and ripe chiries monye.
a1400 Pistel of Susan 93 Þe chirie and þe chestein, þat chosen is of hewe.
c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 647 Hoc ciresum, chery.
c1425 Disput. Mary & Cross in Leg. Rood (1871) 217 Dropes rede as ripe cherrees..fro his flesshe gan laue.
c1425 Cookery Bk. (Harl. 279) cxxiv Take Chyryis & pike out þe stonys.
c1440 Bone Flor. 1763 Wyne redd as Cherye.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiii. 156 A bob of cherys.
1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Rj The cheryses that I wryte of be the comen great cheryses.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. F1 They tooke a medicine of Cherries.
1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 136 The blacke sowre Cheries doe strengthen the stomake.
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 210 Wee grewe together, Like to a double cherry . View more context for this quotation
1653 R. Austen Treat. Fruit-trees 55 The black hart Cherry is a very speciall fruit.
1736 Compl. Family-piece i. v. 194 The only Cherries for Wine are Great Bearers, Murrey Cherries, Morello's, Black Flanders, or the John Treduskin Cherries.
1858 H. W. Longfellow Courtship Miles Standish ix. 48 No man can gather cherries in Kent at the season of Christmas!
b. In proverbial expressions.
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c1430 Chev. Assigne 329 I charde not þy croyse..þe valwe of a cherye.
1587 G. Gascoigne Wks. 85 That old love now was scarcely worth a cherry.
1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais v. xxviii By Jingo, I believe he wou'd make three bits [1737 bites] of a cherry.
1869 in Hazlitt Eng. Prov. 39 A woman and a cherry are painted for their own harm. Prov. It is no use making two bites of a cherry.
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a. Short for cherry-tree n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > trees or plants bearing stone fruit > cherry tree
cherry-treec1400
healme1574
healmier1575
heart cherry1599
cherry1626
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §593 Those that bear Flowers and no Fruit, are few, as the Double Cherry.
1855 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Kitchen Garden 147 The Cherry... A tree of handsome stature..which furnishes a useful wood.
1872 H. Macmillan True Vine i. 16 To the Roman invaders we are indebted for the cherry, which Lucullus brought to Rome from Pontus.
b. for cherry-wood n. (see Compounds 3). Also attributive.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > wood of fruit trees > cherry
cherry1799
cherry-wood1821
1799 R. Southey Nondescripts i, in Poet. Wks. (1838) III. 57 This Windsor-Chair! (Of polish'd cherry, elbow'd, saddle-seated).
1845 S. Judd Margaret i. ii. 10 A cherry plate [1851 cherry-wood plate] with a wolf's bone knife and fork.
1888 Amer. Humorist 5 May 8/2 The reading room is..finished in polished cherry.
1889 R. T. Cooke Steadfast i. 13 A small cherry table with two leaves.
3. With qualifying words, applied
a. to many species (and varieties) of the genus Prunus (and sub-genus Cerasus), of which about 40 are named by Miller, 1884: among these are bird cherry n. at Compounds 2b, choke-cherry n., ground-cherry n., etc.; dwarf cherry n., sand cherry n. ( P. pumila). American bird cherry n. wild red cherry n. ( P. pennsylvanica). American wild black cherry n. ( P. serotina). evergreen cherry n. ( P. caroliniana).black cherry, Canadian cherry: see the first element.
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1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 198/2 Blacke chery, merise.
1651 J. French Art Distillation ii. 52 Take of Black-cherries..a gallon.
a1674 J. Milton Brief Hist. Moscovia (1682) i. 21 Black-cherry, or divers other Berries.
b. Extended to many trees resembling the cherry-tree in fruit, quality of wood, etc. See Barbados-cherry n., Cherry Birch n., brush-cherry n., clammy cherry n., cornelian cherry n., cowage cherry n., winter cherry n., etc. Australian cherry n. ( Exocarpus cupressiformis). beech cherry n. = brush-cherry n. broad-leaved cherry n. of the West Indies ( Cordia macrophylla). Cayenne cherry n. ( Eugenia Michelii). Hottentot cherry n. ( Cassine Maurocenia). Jamaica cherry n. ( Ficus pedunculata). Jerusalem cherry n. ( Solanum pseudo-capsicum). New South Wales cherry n. ( Nelitris ingens).black cherry: see the first element.
4. ‘A cordial composed of cherry-juice and spirit, sweetened and diluted’ (Webster). Cf. cherry-brandy n.
5. figurative.
a. Applied to the lips, etc.
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a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. i. sig. B2 She spake vnto vs all, opening the cherrie of her lips.
?1614 W. Drummond Song: It was the time in Poems Pale looke the Roses, The Rubies pale, when Mouths sweet Cherry closes.
b. Applied to a person.
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a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 108 Welcum, my golk of Marie land, My chirrie and my maikles munȝoun.
c. Virginity, esp. in to lose one's cherry; similarly, to take (etc.) a cherry. Also, the hymen; a virgin (also as adj.). slang (originally U.S.).
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > virginity > [noun] > a virgin
maidenmaneOE
maidenOE
maida1225
virgina1393
vestal1593
virgo intacta1726
fresh meat1896
virguncule1911
cherry1928
virgie1930
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > virginity > [verb (intransitive)] > lose one's virginity
to lose one's cherry1928
the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [noun] > vagina > membrane of
maidenhead1597
hymen1615
cherry1928
the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [adjective] > vagina > membrane of
hymenic1855
hymenal1886
cherry1953
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > virginity > [verb (intransitive)] > take a person's virginity
to take (etc.) a cherry1977
1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang I. 241/1 Cherry (thieves), a young girl.
1926 W. Faulkner Soldiers' Pay viii. 288 ‘If that's the only way you got to get a wife you'd better pick out another one’... ‘Atalanta’, she suggested... ‘Try an apple next time’... ‘Or a cherry’..said Jones viciously.]
1928 J. B. Wharton Squad iv. 132 I told him he wuz too young to lose his cherry.
1935 J. Hargan Gloss. Prison Lang. 2 Cherry, virgin.
1953 S. Bellow Adventures of Augie March v. 79 She now held off my hands and now led them inside her dress, alleging instruction, boisterous that I was still cherry.
1959 M. Richler Apprenticeship Duddy Kravitz i. xii. 79 Gin excites them. Horseback riding gives them hot pants too. Cherries are trouble, but married ones miss it something terrible.
1963 T. Pynchon V. vi. 145 Fina was lying in the bathtub, seductive... ‘Benny, I'm cherry. I want it to be you.’
1964 Amer. Speech 39 117 Associated with the growing heterosexual awareness of high-school students are such words as cherry, which in appropriate contexts takes on the familiar slang meaning ‘hymen’, while a cherry-buster, logically, is ‘a professional deflowerer’.
1975 R. H. Rimmer Premar Exper. (1976) i. 27 The day I lost my cherry didn't amount to much, anyway.
1977 E. J. Trimmer et al. Visual Dict. Sex (1978) vi. 77 ‘To take or eat a cherry’ means to deflower a virgin.
1983 Maledicta 1982 6 256 Cherry girl, a virgin. It was a common joke among American soldiers in Vietnam that ‘the only cherry you're gonna get while you're here's the one you get in your drink.’
6. The cherry-like berry of the coffee shrub.So called on plantations.
7. Mechanics. A spherical bur or reaming-tool.
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1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Cherry, a spherical bur used especially in reaming out the cavities of bullet-molds.
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C1. simple attributive or as adj. Cherry-coloured, red.
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1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys 14 Hyr chyry chekys..Hyr lyppys rosy.
1570 G. Turberville To his Ladie i Thy chirrie lippe doth bleede.
1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 88 Is there no Paradise in Cherry-cheek.
1722 London Gaz. No. 6068/8 Lined with Cherry Silk.
1735 J. Swift Clever Tom Clinch in Wks. II. 298 A new Cherry Ribbon.
1862 B. Taylor Poet's Jrnl. (1866) 54 I thought the sun was dead, But yonder burn his beacons cherry.
C2. General combinations:
a. General attributive.
cherry-bloom n.
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1858 H. W. Longfellow Day of Sunshine in Birds of Passage vi The snow-flakes of the cherry-blooms.
cherry-blossom n.
cherry-dye n.
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?1767 T. Warton Maiden's Bloody Garland (single sheet) Dull was that black laughing Eye, And pale those Lips of Cherry-Dye.
cherry-feast n.
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1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 31 And that [i.e. hope] endureth but a throwe, Right as it were a chery feste.
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cherry-fruit n.
cherry-garden n.
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1722 London Gaz. No. 6030/3 A Cherry-Garden near Newington Green.
cherry-gum n.
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1882 Spons' Encycl. Industr. Arts V. 1638 ‘Cherry-gum’ is a term applied very indefinitely to the gummy exudations of cherry, plum, apricot, almond, and other trees, included in the genera Prunus, Cerasus, and Amygdalus.
cherry-kernel n.
cherry-orchard n.
cherry-pie n.
cherry-stick n.
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1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 195 Long cherry-stick pipes.
cherry-stock n.
cherry-tart n.
cherry-time n.
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1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 161 For she had childe in chirityme.
1598 tr. G. de Rosselli Epulario F iij b To make garlike sauce in..Cherry time.
1845 F. Douglass Narr. Life F. Douglass i. 1 I do not remember to have ever met a slave who could tell of his birthday. They seldom come nearer to it than..cherry-time, spring-time, or fall-time.
cherry-yard n.
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1636 Althorp MS. in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons Introd. 76 Weedeing & settinge strawberryes in the cherry yarde.
b. Similative.
cherry-cheek n.
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1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph II. 262 Dolly, who is a pretty little cherry-cheek, and her father's great favourite.
cherry-colour adj.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > bright red or scarlet
cockea1382
coccyn1382
coctin1382
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scarlet-redc1405
sinoper1412
scarletc1440
sinople?c1450
vermeletc1530
lusty gallant1587
vermeil1590
vermeil red1590
minium1601
cinnabar?1614
cochineal1632
poppy red1679
poppy colour1705
cherry-colour1720
ponceau1782
Turkey red1789
pinkc1791
coquelicot1795
poppy1796
cherry-red1802
vermilion-red1815
cardinal scarlet1828
geranium1842
dahlia1846
cardinal red1850
cerise1858
cardinal1874
scarlet-crimson1882
vermilion-scarlet1882
pillar box1894
Turkish red1900
signal red1909
fuchsia1923
1720 London Gaz. No. 5842/2 Cherry-Colour Sattin.
cherry-crimson adj.
cherry-rose adj.
c. Parasynthetic.
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cherry-cheeked adj.
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the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [adjective]
redOE
ruddya1300
red-faced1579
cherry-cheeked1586
rose-cheeked1593
red-cheeked1602
murrey1623
florid1650
sanguine1684
sanguine-complexioned1692
apple-faced1781
apple-cheeked1827
pippin-faced1836
lobsterish1914
1586 W. Webbe tr. Virgil Aeglogue ii, in Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. H.iiiiv Thou fine chery cheekt child.
1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 302 A cherry-cheeked, blue-eyed country lass.
cherry-coloured adj.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > bright red or scarlet
scarletc1386
puniceousa1398
vermeilc1400
corala1522
Punic?1553
orient1578
vermilion1589
wax-red1593
cherry-red1594
Punical1606
coralline?1608
scarleted1641
coccineous1654
cinnabrianc1668
poppy-coloured1677
miniaceous1688
phoeniceous1688
cherry-coloured1695
coral-red1700
cardinal1755
cherried1762
ponceau1774
punicean1786
cinnabar1807
geraniumed1819
miniatous1826
cardinal scarlet1828
vermilion-coloured1835–6
geranium-coloured1836
pink1846
cardinal red1850
lobster-red1856
phoenicean1857
magenta1877
angered1878
scarlet-vermilion1882
tomato1889
camellia-red1890
miniate1891
nasturtium-red1896
sealing-wax1912
1695 London Gaz. No. 3112/4 Cherry coloured Sattin.
1872 H. T. Ellacombe Bells of Church vii. 172 Rich cherry-coloured amber.
cherry-lipped adj.
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the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [adjective] > of lips
cherry-lipped1595
ripe1600
1595 R. Barnfield Sonn. xvii, in Cynthia sig. C6 Cherry-lipt Adonis.
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cherry-like adj.
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1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 314 [It] maketh yoong wenches to looke faire and cherrie like.
C3. Special combinations: See also cherry-bounce n., cherry-tree n., etc.† cherry-bag n. Obsolete a kind of purse for holding gold. † cherry-cob n. Obsolete = cherry-stone n. † cherry-cracker n. Obsolete the Hawfinch or Grosbeak.
cherry-apple n. the Siberian Crab-apple ( Pyrus baccata).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > apple > crab-apple
wood-applec1000
wood crab14..
crabc1450
scrab1467
wilding1526
choke-apple1600
crab-apple1712
cherry-apple1858
Siberian crab1858
souring1866
1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom 308 The small Cherry Apple or Scarlet Siberian Crab..used for making quasar punch.
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society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > money-bag, -purse, or -belt > [noun]
pungeOE
by-girdlec1000
purselOE
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pouch1355
almonryc1450
penny purse1523
cherry-bag1539
money bag1562
bung1567
jan1610
penny pouch1650
coda1680
zone1692
spung1728
money purse1759
spleuchan1787
skin1795
sporran1817
fisc1820
moneybelt1833
poke1859
purse-belt1901
1539 Will of Mary Hancoke (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/27) f. 223 A cherry bagg of golde.
16.. Tom Thumbe 67 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) II. 179 Nimbly he Would diue into the Cherry-baggs.
cherry-bay n. = cherry-laurel n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > bay-tree and allies > [noun] > common or cherry-laurel and allies
Daphnec1430
cherry-bay1633
cherry-laurel1664
laurel1664
bay-cherry1665
laurel-cherry1787
sea-laurel1816
saj1839
1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) App. 1602 The Cherry-bay is one of the euergreen trees.
1666 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 2) 49 Oleasters, Chery-bay.
cherry-birch n. U.S. (see quot.)
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1832 D. J. Browne Sylva Americana 118 Black Birch: its secondary denominations are Mountain Mahogany in Virginia, and Sweet Birch and Cherry Birch in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and further north.
cherry-bird n. the American Wax-Wing or Cedar-bird ( Ampelis carolinensis).
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ptilogonatidae > genus Bombycilla (waxwing) > bombycilla cedrorum (cedar-bird)
chatterer1731
cedar-bird1791
cherry-bird1869
1869 J. Burroughs in Galaxy Mag. Aug. The cherry-bird.
1884 E. P. Roe in Harper's Mag. Mar. 616 The Carolina wax-wing, alias cedar or cherry bird.
cherry-blossom n. the blossom of the cherry; also its colour.
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1868 Daily News 18 July A fine white and cherry blossom in the cow class.
cherry-bob n. two cherries with stalks united used by children for earrings and in games.
cherry-breeches n. a nickname of the 11th Hussars, from their crimson trousers.
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1871 Forbes Exper. War France & Germany II. 149 When he [Lord Cardigan] commanded the ‘cherry breeches’.
cherry-chopper n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Muscicapinae > genus Muscicapa (fly-catcher) > muscicapa striata
white baker1441
bee-bird1771
rafter1802
rafter-bird1817
wall-plat1841
wall-bird1848
post bird1849
spider-catcher1854
cherry-chopper1888
1888 Cornhill Mag. Apr. 380 Bee bird and Cherry chopper are expressive enough, though the inference implied by the latter is absolutely false.
cherry-clack n. a rattle driven by the wind for scaring birds from cherry-trees.
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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > sowing and planting equipment > [noun] > bird-scarer
scarlec1440
scare1530
blencher1531
shail1531
fray-boggard1535
crow-keeper1562
malkinc1565
clacket1594
scarecrow1606
clap-mill1613
field keeper1620
shaw-fowl1621
bean-shatter1639
clapper1660
dudman1670
clack1678
hobidy-booby?1710
worricow1711
cherry-clapper1763
flay-crake1788
potato-bogle1815
cherry-clack1824
feather-piea1825
flay-crow1824
gally-baggar1825
gally-crow1825
bogle1830
tatie-bogle1838
shewel1888
scare-string1889
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing physical symptoms > [noun] > scarecrow or device for scaring birds
buga1425
scarlec1440
scare1530
blencher1531
shail1531
fray-boggard1535
malkinc1565
clacket1594
bogle-bo1603
scarecrow1606
blinks1611
clap-mill1613
shaw-fowl1621
dudman1670
hobidy-booby?1710
cherry-clapper1763
flay-crake1788
potato-bogle1815
cherry-clack1824
feather-piea1825
flay-crow1824
gally-baggar1825
gally-crow1825
bogle1830
deadman1839
hodmandod1881
scarer1930
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > rattling > that which
rattle1519
rattle-bladder1548
rattler1558
rattle-bag1583
crackle1591
rattlebox1696
cherry-clapper1763
cherry-clack1824
1824 T. Forster Perennial Cal. in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 877 The noisy cherryclack..drives its..windsails round.
cherry-clapper n. = cherry-clack n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > sowing and planting equipment > [noun] > bird-scarer
scarlec1440
scare1530
blencher1531
shail1531
fray-boggard1535
crow-keeper1562
malkinc1565
clacket1594
scarecrow1606
clap-mill1613
field keeper1620
shaw-fowl1621
bean-shatter1639
clapper1660
dudman1670
clack1678
hobidy-booby?1710
worricow1711
cherry-clapper1763
flay-crake1788
potato-bogle1815
cherry-clack1824
feather-piea1825
flay-crow1824
gally-baggar1825
gally-crow1825
bogle1830
tatie-bogle1838
shewel1888
scare-string1889
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing physical symptoms > [noun] > scarecrow or device for scaring birds
buga1425
scarlec1440
scare1530
blencher1531
shail1531
fray-boggard1535
malkinc1565
clacket1594
bogle-bo1603
scarecrow1606
blinks1611
clap-mill1613
shaw-fowl1621
dudman1670
hobidy-booby?1710
cherry-clapper1763
flay-crake1788
potato-bogle1815
cherry-clack1824
feather-piea1825
flay-crow1824
gally-baggar1825
gally-crow1825
bogle1830
deadman1839
hodmandod1881
scarer1930
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > rattling > that which
rattle1519
rattle-bladder1548
rattler1558
rattle-bag1583
crackle1591
rattlebox1696
cherry-clapper1763
cherry-clack1824
1763 G. Colman Terræ Filius 5 July 6 My words, however big and sonorous, are as innocent as the noise of a Cherry-clapper.
1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney I. v. 210 So long as his breath lasted, his tongue would wag, as a cherry clapper does, while the wind blows.
cherry-coal n. a soft coal with a shiny resinous lustre, which ignites readily and burns without caking.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun]
coal1253
sea-coal1253
pit-coal1483
cannel1541
earth coala1552
horse coal1552
Newcastle coal1552
stone-coal1585
cannel coal1587
parrot1594
burn-coal1597
lithanthrax1612
stony coal1617
Welsh coala1618
land-coala1661
foot coal1665
peacock coal1686
rough coal1686
white coal1686
heathen-coalc1697
coal-stone1708
round1708
stone-coal1708
bench-coal1712
slipper coal1712
black coal1713
culm1742
rock coal1750
board coal1761
Bovey coal1761
house coal1784
mineral coal1785
splint1789
splint coal1789
jet coal1794
anthracite1797
wood-coal1799
blind-coal1802
black diamond1803
silk-coal1803
glance-coal1805
lignite1808
Welsh stone-coal1808
soft1811
spout coals1821
spouter1821
Wallsend1821
brown coal1833
paper coal1833
steam-coal1850
peat-coal1851
cherry-coal1853
household1854
sinter coal1854
oil coal1856
raker1857
Kilkenny coal1861
Pottery coal1867
silkstone1867
block coal1871
admiralty1877
rattlejack1877
bunker1883
fusain1883
smitham1883
bunker coal1885
triping1886
trolley coal1890
kibble1891
sea-borne1892
jet1893
steam1897
sack coal1898
Welsh1898
navigation coal1900
Coalite1906
clarain1919
durain1919
vitrain1919
single1921
kolm1930
hards1956
1853 Pharm. Jrnl. & Trans. 13 122 Bituminous coal is divided into cherry coals, splint coals, caking coals.
1877 A. H. Green Geol. for Students: Physical Geol. (ed. 2) ii. §6. 80 A very beautiful variety [of coal] known as Cherry Coal in Scotland and Branch Coal in Yorkshire.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > cherry > stone of
cherry-stonec1350
cobblestonec1440
cherry-cob1682
1682 H. More Lett. on Several Subj. (1694) Stickling to get the most Counters and Cherry-cobs.
cherry coffee n. the fruit containing the coffee berry.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > coffee bean or plant > [noun] > coffee bean
coffee-berry1662
coffee-bean1688
cherry coffee1858
peaberry1860
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Cherry-coffee, the planters' name for the fruit of the coffee as picked from the tree, before it has undergone the operations of pulping, drying, &c., to prepare the berry for shipment.
cherry cordial n. = cherry-bounce n. 1.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > liqueur > [noun] > kinds of
rosa solis1564
rose wine1603
rose of solace1604
ros solis1607
ratafia1670
brandy-cherrya1687
cherry-brandy1686
kernel-water1706
cherry cordial1710
visney1733
walnut-water1747
aniseed1749
maraschino1770
noyau1787
rosolio1796
cherry-bounce1798
absinthe1803
Parfait Amour1805
curaçao1813
ginger cordial1813
citronelle1818
pine1818
crèmea1821
alkermes1825
Goldwasser1826
citronella1834
anisette1837
goldwater1849
crème de cassis1851
Van der Hum1861
chocolate liqueur1864
kümmel1864
chartreuse1866
pimento dram1867
Trappistine1877
green muse1878
rock and rye1878
Benedictine1882
liqueur brandy1882
mandarin1882
green1889
Drambuie1893
advocaat1895
Grand Marnier1900
green fairy1902
green peril1905
cassis1907
Strega1910
quetsch1916
cointreau1920
anis1926
Izarra1926
Southern Comfort1934
amaro1945
Tia Maria1948
amaretto1969
Sabra1970
sambuca1971
Midori1978
limoncello1993
1710 W. Salmon Family Dict. (ed. 4) 71/2 Cherry Cordial. Take Black Cherries, [etc.].
1836 Mag. Domestic Econ. I. 7 Make also..cherry cordial.
cherry country n. the district, in Kent, where the cherry is largely grown, in extensive cherry-orchards, for commercial purposes.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [noun] > districts of England
wealdOE
Oxon.c1439
the Stannaries1455
Midland1555
Home Counties1695
Islandshire1705
lakes1774
file1775
potteries1795
the Shires1796
Tyneside1824
lakeland1829
Lake District1835
lake country1842
Wessex1868
Shakespeare country1900
Geordieland1901
cherry country1902
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of fruit > [noun] > fruit-growing district
orcharding1654
cherry country1902
1902 Garden 10 May 302/3 To get into the heart of the Cherry country one can make Maidstone, Sittingbourne, or Faversham the starting point, and work through miles of orchards.
cherry-crab n. = cherry-apple n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Coccothraustes (hawfinch)
clot-bird1544
cherry-cracker1587
hawfinch1673
stone-biter1731
clodhopper1834
cherry-finch1865
1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) iii. ii. 223/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I Bulfinshes, goldfinshes, washtailes, cheriecrackers, yellowhamers, felfares.
cherry-finch n. = cherry-cracker n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Coccothraustes (hawfinch)
clot-bird1544
cherry-cracker1587
hawfinch1673
stone-biter1731
clodhopper1834
cherry-finch1865
1865 Intellectual Observer No. 42. 424 A species of cherry-finch.
cherry-laurel n. the common Laurel ( Cerasus laurocerasus).
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > bay-tree and allies > [noun] > common or cherry-laurel and allies
Daphnec1430
cherry-bay1633
cherry-laurel1664
laurel1664
bay-cherry1665
laurel-cherry1787
sea-laurel1816
saj1839
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 82 in Sylva [Plants] not perishing but in excessive Colds..Laurels, Cherry Laurel.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 251/2 The Cherry-laurel or Common laurel..was introduced from the Levant in the 16th century..Cherry-laurel water is a watery solution of the volatile oil of this plant; it contains prussic acid.
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Sept. 7/1 Baron Kremer..mentioned that the wild chestnut, the cherry laurel, and the tulip had been introduced into Vienna by Imperial Ambassadors from Constantinople, and from Vienna had made their way to all the rest of Europe.
cherry-pepper n. a species of Capsicum ( C. cerasiforme).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > fruits as vegetables > capsicum > capsicum plants
pepper1578
capsicum1798
cherry-pepper1832
chilli1843
spur pepper1866
pimentón1885
Scotch bonnet1919
Aleppo pepper1920
1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food 314 Cherry Pepper..native of..West Indies..shape of the pods..somewhat the form of a cherry.
cherry-pie n. popular name of the Great Hairy Willow-herb ( Epilobium hirsutum) and of the garden Heliotropium peruvianum.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Onagraceae (willow-herbs) > [noun]
willow-herb1578
bindweed nightshade1597
enchanter's nightshade1597
rosebay1597
willow1597
French willow1601
willow-flower1633
rose withy1650
codlings-and-cream1670
willow weed1741
gooseberry fool1785
epilobium1809
onagrad1846
cherry-pie1857
apple pie plant1858
slink-weed1858
fiddle-grass1878
epilobe1883
satin flower1891
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > fragrant plants or plants used in perfumery > [noun] > Peruvian heliotrope
Peruvian heliotrope1796
cherry-pie1857
1857 S. Thomson Wanderings among Wild Flowers (ed. 4) iii. 225 Some village child will show you it [the great hairy willow-herb] under the name of ‘cherry-pie’.
1882 Garden 16 Dec. 541/3 Some splendid trusses of Heliotrope White Lady, the finest variety of all the Cherry Pies.
cherry plum n. P. Myrobalana; also myrobella plum.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > plum > other types of
white plumc1330
bullacea1375
myxe?1440
prunelloa1450
bullace-fruit1530
horse plum1530
plum1530
wheat-plum1538
wheaten plum1542
choke-plum1556
pear plum1573
finger plum1577
scad1577
skeg1601
merchant1602
bullace-plum1608
malacadonian1608
prune plum1613
date plum1626
mussel plum1626
amber plum1629
black plum1629
primordian1629
queen mother1629
winter crack1629
myrobalan1630
Christian1651
Monsieur's plum1658
cinnamon-plum1664
date1664
primordial1664
Orleans1674
mirabelle1706
myrobalan plum1708
Mogul1718
mussel1718
Chickasaw plum1760
blue gage1764
magnum bonum1764
golden drop1772
beach-plum1785
sweet plum1796
winesour1836
wild plum1838
quetsch1839
egg-plum1859
Victoria1860
cherry plum1866
bladder-plum1869
prune1872
sour plum1874
Carlsbad plum1885
horse-jug1886
French plum1939
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 933 P[runus] myrobalana, which is named Cherry Plum, probably from its colour, is a species from Canada.
1904 Westm. Gaz. 9 Jan. 8/1 This year there are fresh cherry-plums from Argentina on sale.
cherry-ripe adj. ripe like a cherry; also a mode of crying ‘ripe cherries’.
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the world > plants > by age or cycles > [adjective] > ripe or ripened
ripedOE
ripeOE
mature?1440
cherry-ripec1450
coct1497
thorough ripe1534
well-ripened1559
ripened1561
mellowy1612
summer-ripea1670
augusted1675
drop-ripe1829
blood-ripe1846
enripened1855
society > trade and finance > selling > [noun] > offering for sale > crying of wares > mode of crying
cherry-ripe1606
c1450 Women 22 in Wright's Chaste Wife 24 Some be browne, and some be whit..And some of theym be chiry ripe.
1606 T. Campion in R. Alison Howres Recreat. Mus. sig. D2 There cheries grow, that none may buy Till cherie ripe ripe ripe themselus do crie.
1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. Cv Cherrie-Ripe, Ripe, Ripe, I cry, Full and faire ones; come and buy.
cherry-rum n. rum in which cherries have been steeped.
cherry snipe n.
cherry-stoner n. an instrument for forcing cherry-stones from the pulp.
cherry-sucker n. popular names of the Spotted Flycatcher.
cherry-water n. a kind of drink made from cherries.
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the world > food and drink > drink > fruit juice or squash > [noun] > other juices or squashes
apple juice?1585
bunnell1594
cherry-water1662
juniper-water1666
fig-water1747
orange-peel water1757
cider1846
sirop1871
pomegranate water1879
soapolallie1895
apfelsaft1934
grapefruit juice1934
1662 R. Mathews Unlearned Alchymist (new ed.) §116. 192 Commonly sold for black cherry-water.
1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster III. vii. 107 Negus and cherry-water were added to tea.
cherry-wine n. wine made from cherries, esp. maraschino n., made from the Marascho Cherry.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > non-grape and home-made wines > [noun] > others
cherry-winea1665
morello winea1665
strawberry winea1665
orange wine1675
raspberry wine1676
birch-wine1681
grape-wine1718
cowslip wine1723
barley wine1728
ginger wine1734
gooseberry1766
raspberry1768
mead-wine1794
parsnip wine1830
milk-wine1837
tea-wine1892
a1665 K. Digby Closet Opened (1669) 127 The Countess of Newport's Cherry Wine.
cherry-wood n. the wood of the cherry-tree; also a popular name for the Wild Guelder-rose ( Viburnum opulus).
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > viburnums or guelder rose and allies > [noun]
bendwithc1440
opier1548
opulus1548
ople1551
dwarf plane tree1578
water elder1578
whitten1578
guelder rose1597
rose elder1597
wayfaring man's tree1597
wayfaring tree1597
opiet1601
cotton tree1633
viorne1637
mealy tree1640
laurustinus1664
stinking tree1681
black haw1688
laurel-thyme1693
laurustine1693
viburnum1731
wayfaring shrub1731
May rose1753
pembina1760
snowball tree1760
mealtree1785
stink-tree1795
cherry-wood1821
snowball1828
sloe1846
withe-rod1846
lithy-tree1866
nannyberry1867
king's crown1879
stag bush1884
snowball bush1931
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > wood of fruit trees > cherry
cherry1799
cherry-wood1821
1821 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 3 167 In staining cherry wood, cabinet-makers generally employ some kind of red paint.
1829 J. F. Cooper Wish-ton-wish iii. 39 Candles of tallow, on a table of cherry-wood.
1840 C. F. Hoffman Greyslaer III. v. i. 10 A small cherry-wood table and a few rush-bottomed chairs.
1879 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants (ed. 3) Cherry-wood, in Jacob's Pl. Faversh, the water-elder, from its bright red fruit.
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In proverbial expressions. Esp. †to make two bites at the cherry, etc.: (usually in negative contexts) to behave with affected nicety; to divide (a task, etc.) unnecessarily minutely; to take two bites of a cherry, etc.: to take or have a further opportunity to achieve something. Also, a second bite at the cherry, etc., a second chance.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > an opportunity > [noun] > opportunity > second
a second bite at the cherry1662
1662 G. Torriano 2nd Alphabet Proverbial Phrases 184/2 To play the Hypocrite, and be demure, are that will make two bits of one Chery, but in private can devour a pound and more.
1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. xxviii. 145 Nothing is to be got out of him but Monosyllables; by Jingo, I believe he would make three bits of a Cherry.
1819 Farmer's Almanack 1820 (Boston) xxviii. 11 Never make two bites at a cherry.
1827 W. Scott Two Drovers in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. I. xiv. 315 Take it all, man—take it all—never make two bites of a cherry.
1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth II. xviii. 308 There were soldiers of a lower stamp, who would not make two bites of such a cherry.
1905 S. Weyman Starvecrow Farm v. 41 I'll have no goings on with such in my house, and no making two bites of a cherry!
1966 K. Amis in New Statesman 14 Jan. 52/1 I have never before met supplemental for supplementary except as the term for the second-bite-at-the-cherry examination for pass students at the University College of Swansea.
1968 ‘A. Gilbert’ Night Encounter xi. 186 Never heard of taking two bites at a cherry? If he couldn't afford to let Mr. Crook go on breathing before, he's got twice as much reason to want to shut him up now.
1971 Nature 1 Jan. 5/2 One of the chief purposes of the Open University is to provide a second bite at the higher education cherry for those students who..have missed out on their first opportunity.
1986 Sunday Tel. 9 Nov. 11/8 In a second bite at the cherry last week the Sunday Express clarified Dr Seale's position.
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cherry tomato n. originally U.S. any of several varieties of tomato plant, originating from South America but now also widely cultivated elsewhere, with fruit about the size of a cherry; the fruit itself.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > fruits as vegetables > tomato
golden apple1578
love apple1578
tomato1604
wolf's peach1760
tommytoe1838
cherry tomato1859
Jew's ear1883
mato1895
Marmande1967
the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > fruits as vegetables > [noun] > tomato > cherry tomato
cherry tomato1859
1859 W. Darlington & G. Thurber Amer. Weeds & Useful Plants 251 The small round kind, known as ‘Cherry Tomato’, is probably L. Cerasiforme.
1887 Nicholson's Dict. Gard. IV. 53/1 Cherry and Red Currant Tomatoes, these are chiefly grown for ornament, as their fruits are borne in great profusion in bunches or clusters. They represent, in general appearance, the Cherry and Red Currant, after which they are popularly called.
1943 Home Garden Aug. 75/1 Most people seem to think of the cherry tomato as a novelty or luxury.
1986 New Yorker 3 Mar. 33/2 There are cherry tomatoes halved and stuffed with peaks of cheese.
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cherry Bakewell n. (also more fully cherry Bakewell tart) a Bakewell tart (see Bakewell tart n.) lined with cherries or cherry jam, typically having a topping of icing with a glacé cherry.Sometimes with lower-case initial in the second element.
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1971 Provo (Utah) Daily Herald 28 Dec. 13/4 The filling often is a mixture of jam and fruit... Maraschino cherries are always available... Add the convenience of pie crust mix..and it's..easy..to bake a Cherry Bakewell Tart.
1979 Daily Mail 27 Mar. 14/2 (advt.) Mr. Kipling Cherry Bakewells.
2010 OfficialCallumW 4 Dec. in twitter.com (accessed 11 Mar. 2020) I..eat the pastry sides of a cherry bakewell before devouring the marzipan and cherry, then finishing it off.
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† cherryv.1
transitive. To impart a cherry-like colour to; to redden.Apparently an isolated use.
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1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 116 Her Cheek shee cherries, and her ey shee cheers.
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† cherryv.2
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To cheer, delight.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > make cheerful [verb (transitive)]
to mend a person's cheera1325
raisec1384
cherishc1400
rehetec1400
blithec1440
cheer1440
lightena1450
light?1473
embellish1481
hearten1524
exhilarate1540
laetificate1547
to cheer up1550
lift1572
to do a person's heart good1575
acheera1592
upcheerc1595
cherry1596
relevate1598
encheer1605
brighten1607
buoy1652
undumpisha1661
to lift (up) a person's spirits1711
cheerfulize1781
blithen1824
pearten1827
chirk1843
to chipper up1873
to chirp up188.
to buck up1909
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. x. sig. Hh4 Mylde Euphrosyne, Next faire Aglaia, last Thalia merry: Sweete Goddesses all three which me in mirth do cherry . View more context for this quotation
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