单词 | choke-pear |
释义 | choke-pearn. 1. A name given to rough, harsh, and unpalatable varieties of the pear, used for perry. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > cider-making > [noun] > pears for perry choke-pear1530 amiot1600 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > pear > [noun] > other types of pear calewey1377 choke-pear1530 muscadel1555 lording1573 bon-chrétienc1575 Burgundian pear1578 king pear1585 amiot1600 bergamot1600 butter pear1600 dew-pear1600 greening1600 bottle pear1601 gourd-pear1601 critling1611 pearc1612 nutmeg1629 rosewater pear1629 amber pear1638 Christian1651 chesil1664 diego1664 frith-pear1664 primate1664 saffron pear1664 Windsor pear1664 nonsuch1674 muscat1675 burnt-cat1676 ambrette1686 sanguinole1693 satin1693 St. Germain pear1693 amadot1706 burree1719 Doyenne1731 beurré1736 colmar1736 chaumontel1755 Marie Louise1817 seckel1817 vergaloo1828 Passe Colmar1837 glou-morceau1859 London sugar1860 Kieffer pear1880 sand pear1880 sandy pear1884 nashi1892 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > pear > other types of calewey1377 honey peara1400 pome-pear1440 pome-wardena1513 choke-pear1530 muscadel1555 worry pear1562 lording1573 bon-chrétienc1575 Burgundian pear1578 king pear1585 pound pear1585 poppering1597 wood of Jerusalem1597 muscadine1598 amiot1600 bergamot1600 butter pear1600 dew-pear1600 greening1600 mollart1600 roset1600 wax pear1600 bottle pear1601 gourd-pear1601 Venerian pear1601 musk pear1611 rose pear1611 pusill1615 Christian1629 nutmeg1629 rolling pear1629 surreine1629 sweater1629 amber pear1638 Venus-pear1648 horse-pear1657 Martin1658 russet1658 rousselet1660 diego1664 frith-pear1664 maudlin1664 Messire Jean1664 primate1664 sovereign1664 spindle-pear1664 stopple-pear1664 sugar-pear1664 virgin1664 Windsor pear1664 violet-pear1666 nonsuch1674 muscat1675 burnt-cat1676 squash pear1676 rose1678 Longueville1681 maiden-heart1685 ambrette1686 vermilion1691 admiral1693 sanguinole1693 satin1693 St. Germain pear1693 pounder pear1697 vine-pear1704 amadot1706 marchioness1706 marquise1706 Margaret1707 short-neck1707 musk1708 burree1719 marquis1728 union pear1728 Doyenne pear1731 Magdalene1731 beurré1736 colmar1736 Monsieur Jean1736 muscadella1736 swan's egg1736 chaumontel1755 St Michael's pear1796 Williams1807 Marie Louise1817 seckel1817 Bartlett1828 vergaloo1828 Passe Colmar1837 glou-morceau1859 London sugar1860 snow-pear1860 Comice1866 Kieffer pear1880 sand pear1880 sandy pear1884 snowy pear1884 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 154 Estrangvillon, a choke peare. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 108 The wyld Pere tre or chouke Pere tre or worry Pear tre. 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Almsdeeds ii, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 391 The crab and choak-pear seem outwardly to have sometime as fair a red, and as mellow a colour, as the fruit which is good indeed. 1664 J. Beale in J. Evelyn Pomona in Sylva 27 Of such unsufferable taste, that hungry Swine will..shake it out of their mouths;..the Clowns call other pears, of best Liquor, Choak-pears, and will offer money to such as dare adventure to taste them. 1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. vi. 153 The Calculary (most observable in rough-tasted, or Choak-Pears). 1839 J. Buel Farmer's Compan. 269 It is as easy to cultivate the vergaleu as it is the choke pear. 1872 1st Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 1871–2 107 Man, by his industry, skill and perseverance applied to the wild choke pear of our fields,..has transformed it. 2. figurative. Something difficult or impossible to ‘swallow’, make away with, or get over; a difficulty; a severe reproof; a ‘settler’, archaic; a gag (obsolete). (Cf. French poire d'angoisse, G. (Folter) Birne.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > that which is difficult > something difficult to get over or accept corec1460 choke-pear1573 camel1637 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > severe > instance of choking pear1546 choke-pear1573 a flea in one's ear1577 rattle1652 juniper letter1655 juniper lecture1706 siserary1771 wig1789 a word of a sort1796 rowing1812 wigging1813 sloan1823 scorcher1842 rubdowna1846 tickler1846 slating1881 bawl-out1926 earful1929 caning1933 a kick in the pants1933 rollicking1938 rocket1941 bollocking1946 butt-kicking1970 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 8 He had givne us mani a choke pare in his dais. 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 51 He gaue him a choake-peare to stoppe his breath. 1592 J. Lyly Midas iv. iii. 51. 1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. ii. viii. 341 S. Austens testimonie..is a choake-peare that you cannot swallow. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe Pref. sig. **2v Who Boggle so much at the Trinity, and look upon it as the Choak-pear of Christianity. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. viii. 37 I believe I have given her a choak-pear. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. viii. 41 You, Sir,..who, pardon my going so low, have been accustomed to give choak-pears to those you vouchsafe to write against. 1846 L. Hunt Stories Ital. Poets I. 102 A great choke-pear to the commentators. 1868 N. I. Lucas German-Eng. Dict. Birne,..choke-pear (as instrument of torture, forced into the mouth to prevent shrieking). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < |
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