cherry-stonen.

Forms: see cherry n. and stone n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cherry n., stone n.

Etymology: < cherry n. + stone n. (compare stone n. 12). Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcherry-stone.

a. The stone or hard endocarp of the 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 > stone of

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cobblestonec1440

cherry-cob1682

c1350 Medical MS. in Archæol. XXX. 354 Late hym take y^echeriston mete And with holy watir it drynke & ete.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 72 Cheristone, petrilla.

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xiii. xxviii. 335 Take a nut, or a cheristone, & burne a hole through the side of the top of the shell.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iii. vi. 276 Cæsar's Image drawn upon a Cherry-stone is a piece of great curiosity.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1784 II. 507 [Johnson:] Milton..could cut a Colossus from a rock; but could not carve heads upon cherry-stones.

b. As the type of a thing of trifling value.

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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little worth

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strawc1290

bean1297

nutc1300

buttonc1330

leekc1330

trifle1375

cress1377

goose-wing1377

sop1377

niflec1395

vetcha1400

a pin's head (also point)c1450

trump1513

plack1530

toy1530

blue point1532

grey groat1546

cherry-stone1607

jiggalorum1613

candle-enda1625

peppercorn1638

sponge1671

sneeshing1686

snottera1689

catchpenny1705

potato1757

snuff1809

pinhead1828

traneen1837

a hill of beans1863

gubbins1918

1607 T. Dekker Whore of Babylon sig. K4^v Not a cherry stone of theirs was sunke.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. iii. 73 Some diuels aske but the parings of ones naile..a pin, a nut, a cherrie-stone . ]

1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. xix. 125 He would not give a cherry-stone to choose amongst them.

2. A game played with these stones.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > throwing cherry-stones

cherry-stone1519

cherry-pit1522

1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxxii. f. 281^v Playenge at cheriston is good for children.

a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 16 To bryng all the see into a cheryston pytte..To rule ix realmes by one mannes wytte.

?1562 Thersytes sig. D.ii^v The counters wherwith cherubyn, did cheristones count.]

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	cherry-stone
释义	cherry-stonen. Forms: see cherry n. and stone n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cherry n., stone n. Etymology: < cherry n. + stone n. (compare stone n. 12). Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcherry-stone. 1. a. The stone or hard endocarp of the cherry. ΘΚΠ 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 c1350 Medical MS. in Archæol. XXX. 354 Late hym take y^echeriston mete And with holy watir it drynke & ete. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 72 Cheristone, petrilla. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xiii. xxviii. 335 Take a nut, or a cheristone, & burne a hole through the side of the top of the shell. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iii. vi. 276 Cæsar's Image drawn upon a Cherry-stone is a piece of great curiosity. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1784 II. 507 [Johnson:] Milton..could cut a Colossus from a rock; but could not carve heads upon cherry-stones. b. As the type of a thing of trifling value. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little worth ivy-leafc1000 needle?c1225 sloec1250 peasea1275 strawc1290 bean1297 nutc1300 buttonc1330 leekc1330 trifle1375 cress1377 goose-wing1377 sop1377 niflec1395 vetcha1400 a pin's head (also point)c1450 trump1513 plack1530 toy1530 blue point1532 grey groat1546 cherry-stone1607 jiggalorum1613 candle-enda1625 peppercorn1638 sponge1671 sneeshing1686 snottera1689 catchpenny1705 potato1757 snuff1809 pinhead1828 traneen1837 a hill of beans1863 gubbins1918 1607 T. Dekker Whore of Babylon sig. K4^v Not a cherry stone of theirs was sunke. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. iii. 73 Some diuels aske but the parings of ones naile..a pin, a nut, a cherrie-stone . View more context for this quotation] 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. xix. 125 He would not give a cherry-stone to choose amongst them. 2. A game played with these stones. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > throwing cherry-stones cherry-stone1519 cherry-pit1522 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxxii. f. 281^v Playenge at cheriston is good for children. a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 16 To bryng all the see into a cheryston pytte..To rule ix realmes by one mannes wytte. ?1562 Thersytes sig. D.ii^v The counters wherwith cherubyn, did cheristones count.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.c1350
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