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单词 feaberry
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feaberryn.

/ˈfiːbəri//ˈfeɪbəri/
Forms: α. 1500s feaberrie, 1600s, 1800s fe-, 1800s faberry, faeberry, fayberry, 1600s– feaberry. β. 1600s–1800s plural feab(e)s, 1800s fabes, fapes, feaps. γ. plural 1600s thebes, thepes, 1800s thapes.
Etymology: Possibly corruption of *theve berry, < Middle English theve n. < Old English þéfe prickly shrub (in þéfe-þorn ) + berry n.1; the shortened form thebes appears to preserve the original initial. Compare dayberry n. (perhaps a variant).
dialect.
A gooseberry; in Norfolk applied only to the unripe fruit (Forby). Also attributive.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > gooseberry
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dewberry1578
thorn-grape1578
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goosegog1823
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > gooseberry
gooseberry?1533
groser1548
St John's berry1561
dewberry1578
thorn-grape1578
feaberry1597
pearl gooseberry1688
wineberry1703
dayberry1736
honey-blob1746
blobc1750
groset1786
goosegog1823
Worcesterberry1923
golden berry1930
1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1143 In English Gooseberrie, Gooseberrie bush, and Feaberrie Bush in Cheshire, my natiue countrie.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Groiselles, gooseberries; thornberries; fea-berries.
1615 G. Markham Eng. House-wife (1660) 76 The best sauce for green Geese is the juyce of Sorrel and Suger mixt together with a few scalded Feberries.
1674 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 65 Feabes or Feaberries: Gooseberries, Suff. Thebes in Norfolk.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Feabs or Fea-berries, a Country-Word for Goose-berries.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Fapes s. pl. gooseberries. Variously called also feaps, feabs, fabes and thapes; all abbreviations of feaberries..On that day [the Guild-day] a fape-tart is an indispensable regale at every table.
1855 E. Waugh Sketches Lancs. Life (1857) 104Fayberry cake’..or such like homely buttery-stuff.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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