† perryn.¹

Forms:

α. Old English pirge, Old English pirige, Old English pyrige, Old English pyrge (in a late copy), Old English–Middle English pirie, Old English–Middle English pyrie, Middle English pire, Middle English pirry, Middle English piry, Middle English pirye, Middle English purie, Middle English pury, Middle English purye, Middle English pyre, Middle English pyrie, Middle English pyry, Middle English pyrye, Middle English 1600s pyrrie, 1500s pyrre.

β. Middle English pere, Middle English pereye, Middle English perie, Middle English perreye, Middle English pery, Middle English perye, Middle English–1500s perrie, Middle English–1500s perry, 1500s pearie, 1500s perrey.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin *pirea.

Etymology: Apparently < an unattested post-classical Latin *pirea, *perea, use as noun (short for *pirea arbor , *perea arbor pear tree) of feminine of a post-classical Latin adjective *pireus , *pereus < pera (classical Latin pirum ) pear n. + -eus (see -eous suffix). Compare post-classical Latin pireus pear (1410). Compare perry n.³The β. forms probably show lowering of i to e before r (compare merry adj., and see E. J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 (ed. 2, 1968) II. §75).

Obsolete.

A pear tree.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > pear-tree

perryOE

pear tree1230

pearc1390

perer?a1425

warden-tree?1523

orchard pear tree1562

pyrus1567

willow-leaved pear1820

nashi1892

OE Bounds (Sawyer 786) in D. Hooke Worcs. Anglo-Saxon Charter-bounds (1990) 182 Andlang dic on þa pyrigan of þære pyrigan on þone longan apuldre.

OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 122 Pirus, pirige.

OE Ælfric Gram. (Durh.) 20 Oftost on treowcynne beoð ða treowa getealde feminini generis and se wæstm nevtri generis: haec pirus þeo[s] pyrige, hoc pirum seo peru.

OE Bounds (Sawyer 433) in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1887) II. 429 Þanon..up on stream on wyndeles cumbe midde weardne up on þa pyrian.

c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) 422 (MED) He hadde bihinden his paleys A fair gardin of noblays Ful of appel tres and of pirie [v.r. perreye].

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 210 Some trees..bereþ more fruit in eelde þan in ȝoupe..as it fareþ in almoundes, in pyries, and in peres.

c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. v. 16 (MED) Piries [v.rr. Peryes; Peretrees; c1400 C text v.rr. Puries, Puryus] & plantes wern put to þe erþe.

c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 603/11 Piretum,..Pereye.

a1500 tr. Lady Prioress in J. O. Halliwell Select. Minor Poems J. Lydgate (1840) 112 (MED) Dowen in the wode ther ys a chapell, ys fayer under a pere; Therin lyethe a ded corse, therfore must ye stere ye.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. xxxi. 697 High as a Perrie, or wilde Peare tree.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 474 There be some Pyrries and Apple trees that bring forth fruit twice a yeare.

Compounds

perry plant n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1603 J. Stow Suruay of London (new ed.) 48 That he should buy certaine perie plants.

perry stock n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xlv A peer or a warden wolde be graffed in a pyrre stocke.

1586 W. Webbe tr. Virgil Aeglogue i, in Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. H.iij^v Now Melibæe ingraft pearie stocks, sette vines in an order.

perry tree n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) ix. 58 (MED) Summen now wole graffe a perytre [L. Pirum] And citurtre in placis moyst also.

a1450 in R. H. Robbins Secular Lyrics 14th & 15th Cent. (1952) 15 To gryffyn her a gryf of myn pery tre.

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† perryn.²

Forms:

α. Middle English parre, Middle English pere, Middle English perey, Middle English perre, Middle English perree, Middle English perreiȝe, Middle English perrey, Middle English pirre, Middle English pyrre, Middle English (1500s Scottish) perreye, 1500s pirreye.

β. Middle English perrye, Middle English perye (in a late copy), Middle English pervy (transmission error), Middle English 1600s perrie, Middle English–1500s perry, Middle English–1500s pery, Middle English–1500s pyrry.

γ. late Middle English pierrye, 1500s pierrie, 1500s piery, 1800s pierie (archaic).

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French perree.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman perree, perré, perreie, peree, perri, perrie, perriee, perie, perye , pirie precious stones (beginning of the 14th cent. or earlier; compare Middle French pierrie (1410), perrie (1465), pierie (1549), French regional (Moselle) pyęräy ), shortened < Old French perrerie (c1230; Middle French, French pierrerie ) < perre , pierre stone (see pier n.²) + -erie -ery suffix. Compare post-classical Latin peria , perreia , perrya precious stone or stones (in a setting), jewellery (from 1253 in British sources). In the Anglo-Norman antecedents of the α. forms (as also reflected in the modern French regional form) with ending apparently remodelled after -é (see -y suffix⁵); compare Old French (Picardy) perré (adjective) adorned with precious stones (a1225).In γ. forms after Middle French. The late Middle English form parre probably shows lowering of ĕ to ă before r (see E. J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 (ed. 2, 1968) II. §67). N.E.D. (1905) gives the pronunciation as (pe·ri) /ˈpɛrɪ/.

Obsolete. Chiefly poetic.

1. A precious stone, a jewel; a pearl. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > [noun]

gemc825

stonec825

gemstonec1000

perrya1300

precious stonec1300

jewela1400

regalc1426

precious pierc1450

margaritea1500

lapidary1509

hardstone1853

shiner1884

α.

a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 559/17 (MED) Lapis lazuli, i. pere.

c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 156 (MED) Haile, perre, patrearkis to gyde!

1435–6 in H. E. Salter Churchwardens' Accts. St. Michael's Oxf. (1933) 37 (MED) Item, for sowynge of perres & of the ammyse & of the frontell to dyverse vestements at ii tymes, viii d.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 394 Perre, perle, Margarita.

β. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 1397 (MED) The sterre ellefþe is Venenas..Of Adamant is that perrie In which he worcheth his maistrie.

2. Precious stones or gems collectively; jewellery. Also figurative. archaic in later use.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > [noun] > collectively

perrya1375

α.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 53 In gode cloþes of gold a-greþed ful riche wiþ perrey and pellure.

c1375 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 3495 She was al clad in perree [v.rr. perre, perrye, perry] and in gold.

c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i.136 (MED) Heil perle, of al perey þe pris.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. 12 Al þe precious perre þat in paradys wexeth [v.rr. perree, pere, perrie, perreye].

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 996 Aboue, reysed was a se, Ful coryiously of stonys and perre.

a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Lamb.) (1887) i. 10042 A riche corounal wiþ perre.

a1500 (?c1400) Earl of Toulous 330 in W. H. French & C. B. Hale Middle Eng. Metrical Romances (1930) I. 393 (MED) Wondur rychely sche was cladde, In golde and ryche perre [rhyme free, tree, blee].

a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander 4290 Ane chaplet of gold and perreye [rhyme folly].

β. c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 2936 The fyr was couched first with stree..And thanne with grene wode and spicerye And thanne with clooth of gold and with perrye.a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 1135 (MED) The cloth of gold and the Perrie He takth.a1425 (?c1350) Ywain & Gawain (1964) 1106 (MED) Sho..cled him seþin in..A girdel ful riche for þe nanes Of perry and of preciows stanes.c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 2461 Appayrellde with perrye and precious stones.a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander 5709 Ouresett with stanis of pretius perry [rhyme massy].c1560 (a1500) Squyr Lowe Degre (Copland) 719 Ye ware the pery on your head.γ. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) xl. 78 As moche as two myghty men myght susteyne of pierrye.a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) lxxxv. 9 I cannot gyve browches nor Ringes,..Piery nor perle, oryente and clere.1880 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 421 All this fine pierie, The riches of the land and of the sea.

Compounds

perry-box n. a jewel case; a jewelled case.

ΚΠ

1410 Will of Banham (Somerset Ho.) Lego..uxori mee j perebox argenti.

perry sand n. sand mixed with small stones (in quot. perhaps with grains of magnetic iron ore).

ΚΠ

1605 J. Rosier Voy. G. Waymouth 2 The sounding was some small blacke perrie sand, some reddish sand, a match or two, with small shels called saint Iames his Shels.

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perryn.³

Brit.

/ˈpɛri/, U.S.

/ˈpɛri/

Forms: Middle English parry, Middle English pereye, Middle English peri, Middle English piri, Middle English pirre, Middle English pirrey, Middle English–1500s perre, Middle English–1600s pery, 1500s perie, 1500s perrie, 1500s pirrie, 1500s pirry, 1500s–1600s perye, 1600s perrey, 1600s piry, 1600s pyrrey, 1600s pyrrie, 1600s– perry; also Scottish pre-1700 peirrie.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French peré.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman peré, perei, pereie, perree, piré and Middle French peré, perey, pery , perré (c1223 in Old French; French (now regional) peré ; compare also Middle French, French poiré , in the same sense (1529)) < an unattested post-classical Latin form *peratum (compare piratium (6th cent.), piratum (1175 in a British source), piretum (from c1200 in British sources)) < post-classical Latin pera (classical Latin pirum ) pear n. + classical Latin -ātum -ate suffix². Compare Occitan perado , Spanish perada (19th cent.; 1599 in sense ‘pear conserve’). Compare perry n.¹Forms in -i- are perhaps after perry n.¹ (compare α forms s.v.). It is unclear whether early instances such as the following are to be interpreted as showing the Anglo-Norman or the Middle English word:1277 in P. D. A. Harvey Manorial Rec. Cuxham (1976) 125 Et de vj s. vj d. de j Barillo perey vendito. Apparently attested earlier in surnames, as Herebertus Perefat (1196), Joh'n Perewyne (1327), apparently reflecting the otherwise unattested compounds perry-fat (see fat n.¹), perry-wine . With perry white compare pilewhey n. and discussion at that entry.

A drink resembling cider, made from the juice of pears.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > cider > [noun] > perry

perryc1330

squash perry1826

c1330 in Englische Studien (1884) 7 105 (MED) Piment, clare, no no licour, Milke, perre, no no meþ.

c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 8 In wine me ne may, Inne siþere, ne inne pereye [rhyme reneye].

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 394 Perre, drynke, piretum [?a1475 Winch. piretrum].

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 96 Pirre [1483 BL Add. 89074 Pirrey], piretum, potus factus de piris.

1490–1 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 100 Pro ij trowez pro strenyng del parry, viijd.

a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid 441 in Poems (1981) 125 Tak mowlit breid, peirrie and ceder sour.

1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. i. f. 96/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I A kind of drink, made..of peares is named pirry.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1197/1 Botes laden with wine, cider, perrie.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. xlix. 539 The perries which are pressed out of wilde peares.

1623 W. Lisle in tr. Ælfric Saxon Treat. Old & New Test. Ded. xxxiv Syd'r in Kent,..Pyrrie in Wostersheere.

1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. iii. iii. 116 The great Pear plantations, planted for the making of Perry in those places where Vines cannot prosper.

1716 Mass. House of Representatives Jrnl. 1 118 The excise upon cyder, and perry, [shall] be but one shilling, per barrel.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. viii. 319 Excise..at first laid upon..the makers and venders of beer, ale, cyder, and perry.

1789 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. 197 The perry..is an agreeable liquor, having something of the harshness of claret wine, joined with the sweetness of metheglin.

1840 Cottager's Man. 5 in Libr. Useful Knowl., Husb. III Cider, perry, wines..might easily be obtained by an additional half acre.

1869 F. R. Lees Text-bk. Temperance vii. 164 Cider and perry, home-made fruit wines, black beers, etc.

1906 C. Scudamore Normandy viii. 39 Calvados produces much cider and perry as well as a kind of brandy termed ‘Calvados’.

1955 A. West Heritage vii. 299 We all became brown and healthy and great drinkers of perry, the pale-green pear wine of the district.

1988 Yankee Mar. 42/1 Blanchard Tavern... Unique for its drinks,..English beer, hard cider, perry, mead.

Compounds

C1.

perry country n.

ΚΠ

1693 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis (new ed.) 1327 A drink much like our Bunnel, in the Perry-countrey.

1904 Times 18 July 3/6 He lived in Herefordshire, in the midst of a cider and perry country.

perry farmer n.

ΚΠ

1836 Penny Cycl. V. 250 The cider and perry farmer will feel the benefit of this.

perry pear n.

ΚΠ

1855 P. Neill et al. Pract. Gardener's Compan. (rev. ed.) 131 Frequently the pips of the perry-pears, and sometimes of the common cultivated sorts are used.

1896 Jrnl. Royal Hort. Soc. Nov. 208 One of our oldest perry pears, the Longland, equals the well-known Catillac for stewing.

1990 Nat. World Spring–Summer 27/1 Perry was commonly made from special perry pears in Gloucestershire and Herefordshire.

C2.

† perry white n. Obsolete a drink made from pears.

ΚΠ

c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. v. 134 Peni Ale and piriwhit [v.rr. periwhit; pilewhey; c1400 B text podyng ale] heo pourede to-gedere.

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n.¹OE

n.²a1300

n.³c1330

单词	perry
释义	† perryn.¹ Forms: α. Old English pirge, Old English pirige, Old English pyrige, Old English pyrge (in a late copy), Old English–Middle English pirie, Old English–Middle English pyrie, Middle English pire, Middle English pirry, Middle English piry, Middle English pirye, Middle English purie, Middle English pury, Middle English purye, Middle English pyre, Middle English pyrie, Middle English pyry, Middle English pyrye, Middle English 1600s pyrrie, 1500s pyrre. β. Middle English pere, Middle English pereye, Middle English perie, Middle English perreye, Middle English pery, Middle English perye, Middle English–1500s perrie, Middle English–1500s perry, 1500s pearie, 1500s perrey. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pirea. Etymology: Apparently < an unattested post-classical Latin pirea, perea, use as noun (short for pirea arbor , perea arbor pear tree) of feminine of a post-classical Latin adjective pireus , pereus < pera* (classical Latin pirum ) pear n. + -eus (see -eous suffix). Compare post-classical Latin pireus pear (1410). Compare perry n.³The β. forms probably show lowering of i to e before r (compare merry adj., and see E. J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 (ed. 2, 1968) II. §75). Obsolete. A pear tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > pear-tree perryOE pear tree1230 pearc1390 perer?a1425 warden-tree?1523 orchard pear tree1562 pyrus1567 willow-leaved pear1820 nashi1892 OE Bounds (Sawyer 786) in D. Hooke Worcs. Anglo-Saxon Charter-bounds (1990) 182 Andlang dic on þa pyrigan of þære pyrigan on þone longan apuldre. OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 122 Pirus, pirige. OE Ælfric Gram. (Durh.) 20 Oftost on treowcynne beoð ða treowa getealde feminini generis and se wæstm nevtri generis: haec pirus þeo[s] pyrige, hoc pirum seo peru. OE Bounds (Sawyer 433) in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1887) II. 429 Þanon..up on stream on wyndeles cumbe midde weardne up on þa pyrian. c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) 422 (MED) He hadde bihinden his paleys A fair gardin of noblays Ful of appel tres and of pirie [v.r. perreye]. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 210 Some trees..bereþ more fruit in eelde þan in ȝoupe..as it fareþ in almoundes, in pyries, and in peres. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. v. 16 (MED) Piries [v.rr. Peryes; Peretrees; c1400 C text v.rr. Puries, Puryus] & plantes wern put to þe erþe. c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 603/11 Piretum,..Pereye. a1500 tr. Lady Prioress in J. O. Halliwell Select. Minor Poems J. Lydgate (1840) 112 (MED) Dowen in the wode ther ys a chapell, ys fayer under a pere; Therin lyethe a ded corse, therfore must ye stere ye. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. xxxi. 697 High as a Perrie, or wilde Peare tree. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 474 There be some Pyrries and Apple trees that bring forth fruit twice a yeare. Compounds perry plant n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1603 J. Stow Suruay of London (new ed.) 48 That he should buy certaine perie plants. perry stock n. Obsolete ΚΠ ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xlv A peer or a warden wolde be graffed in a pyrre stocke. 1586 W. Webbe tr. Virgil Aeglogue i, in Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. H.iij^v Now Melibæe ingraft pearie stocks, sette vines in an order. perry tree n. Obsolete ΚΠ tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) ix. 58 (MED) Summen now wole graffe a perytre [L. Pirum] And citurtre in placis moyst also. a1450 in R. H. Robbins Secular Lyrics 14th & 15th Cent. (1952) 15 To gryffyn her a gryf of myn pery tre. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † perryn.² Forms: α. Middle English parre, Middle English pere, Middle English perey, Middle English perre, Middle English perree, Middle English perreiȝe, Middle English perrey, Middle English pirre, Middle English pyrre, Middle English (1500s Scottish) perreye, 1500s pirreye. β. Middle English perrye, Middle English perye (in a late copy), Middle English pervy (transmission error), Middle English 1600s perrie, Middle English–1500s perry, Middle English–1500s pery, Middle English–1500s pyrry. γ. late Middle English pierrye, 1500s pierrie, 1500s piery, 1800s pierie (archaic). Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French perree. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman perree, perré, perreie, peree, perri, perrie, perriee, perie, perye , pirie precious stones (beginning of the 14th cent. or earlier; compare Middle French pierrie (1410), perrie (1465), pierie (1549), French regional (Moselle) pyęräy ), shortened < Old French perrerie (c1230; Middle French, French pierrerie ) < perre , pierre stone (see pier n.²) + -erie -ery suffix. Compare post-classical Latin peria , perreia , perrya precious stone or stones (in a setting), jewellery (from 1253 in British sources). In the Anglo-Norman antecedents of the α. forms (as also reflected in the modern French regional form) with ending apparently remodelled after -é (see -y suffix⁵); compare Old French (Picardy) perré (adjective) adorned with precious stones (a1225).In γ. forms after Middle French. The late Middle English form parre probably shows lowering of ĕ to ă before r (see E. J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 (ed. 2, 1968) II. §67). N.E.D. (1905) gives the pronunciation as (pe·ri) /ˈpɛrɪ/. Obsolete. Chiefly poetic. 1. A precious stone, a jewel; a pearl. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > [noun] gemc825 stonec825 gemstonec1000 perrya1300 precious stonec1300 jewela1400 regalc1426 precious pierc1450 margaritea1500 lapidary1509 hardstone1853 shiner1884 α. a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 559/17 (MED) Lapis lazuli, i. pere. c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 156 (MED) Haile, perre, patrearkis to gyde! 1435–6 in H. E. Salter Churchwardens' Accts. St. Michael's Oxf. (1933) 37 (MED) Item, for sowynge of perres & of the ammyse & of the frontell to dyverse vestements at ii tymes, viii d. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 394 Perre, perle, Margarita. β. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 1397 (MED) The sterre ellefþe is Venenas..Of Adamant is that perrie In which he worcheth his maistrie. 2. Precious stones or gems collectively; jewellery. Also figurative. archaic in later use. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > [noun] > collectively perrya1375 α. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 53 In gode cloþes of gold a-greþed ful riche wiþ perrey and pellure. c1375 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 3495 She was al clad in perree [v.rr. perre, perrye, perry] and in gold. c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i.136 (MED) Heil perle, of al perey þe pris. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. 12 Al þe precious perre þat in paradys wexeth [v.rr. perree, pere, perrie, perreye]. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 996 Aboue, reysed was a se, Ful coryiously of stonys and perre. a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Lamb.) (1887) i. 10042 A riche corounal wiþ perre. a1500 (?c1400) Earl of Toulous 330 in W. H. French & C. B. Hale Middle Eng. Metrical Romances (1930) I. 393 (MED) Wondur rychely sche was cladde, In golde and ryche perre [rhyme free, tree, blee]. a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander 4290 Ane chaplet of gold and perreye [rhyme folly]. β. c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 2936 The fyr was couched first with stree..And thanne with grene wode and spicerye And thanne with clooth of gold and with perrye.a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 1135 (MED) The cloth of gold and the Perrie He takth.a1425 (?c1350) Ywain & Gawain (1964) 1106 (MED) Sho..cled him seþin in..A girdel ful riche for þe nanes Of perry and of preciows stanes.c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 2461 Appayrellde with perrye and precious stones.a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander 5709 Ouresett with stanis of pretius perry [rhyme massy].c1560 (a1500) Squyr Lowe Degre (Copland) 719 Ye ware the pery on your head.γ. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) xl. 78 As moche as two myghty men myght susteyne of pierrye.a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) lxxxv. 9 I cannot gyve browches nor Ringes,..Piery nor perle, oryente and clere.1880 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 421 All this fine pierie, The riches of the land and of the sea. Compounds perry-box n. a jewel case; a jewelled case. ΚΠ 1410 Will of Banham (Somerset Ho.) Lego..uxori mee j perebox argenti. perry sand n. sand mixed with small stones (in quot. perhaps with grains of magnetic iron ore). ΚΠ 1605 J. Rosier Voy. G. Waymouth 2 The sounding was some small blacke perrie sand, some reddish sand, a match or two, with small shels called saint Iames his Shels. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2021). perryn.³ Brit. /ˈpɛri/, U.S. /ˈpɛri/ Forms: Middle English parry, Middle English pereye, Middle English peri, Middle English piri, Middle English pirre, Middle English pirrey, Middle English–1500s perre, Middle English–1600s pery, 1500s perie, 1500s perrie, 1500s pirrie, 1500s pirry, 1500s–1600s perye, 1600s perrey, 1600s piry, 1600s pyrrey, 1600s pyrrie, 1600s– perry; also Scottish pre-1700 peirrie. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French peré. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman peré, perei, pereie, perree, piré and Middle French peré, perey, pery , perré (c1223 in Old French; French (now regional) peré ; compare also Middle French, French poiré , in the same sense (1529)) < an unattested post-classical Latin form peratum (compare piratium* (6th cent.), piratum (1175 in a British source), piretum (from c1200 in British sources)) < post-classical Latin pera (classical Latin pirum ) pear n. + classical Latin -ātum -ate suffix². Compare Occitan perado , Spanish perada (19th cent.; 1599 in sense ‘pear conserve’). Compare perry n.¹Forms in -i- are perhaps after perry n.¹ (compare α forms s.v.). It is unclear whether early instances such as the following are to be interpreted as showing the Anglo-Norman or the Middle English word:1277 in P. D. A. Harvey Manorial Rec. Cuxham (1976) 125 Et de vj s. vj d. de j Barillo perey vendito. Apparently attested earlier in surnames, as Herebertus Perefat (1196), Joh'n Perewyne (1327), apparently reflecting the otherwise unattested compounds perry-fat (see fat n.¹), perry-wine . With perry white compare pilewhey n. and discussion at that entry. A drink resembling cider, made from the juice of pears. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > cider > [noun] > perry perryc1330 squash perry1826 c1330 in Englische Studien (1884) 7 105 (MED) Piment, clare, no no licour, Milke, perre, no no meþ. c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 8 In wine me ne may, Inne siþere, ne inne pereye [rhyme reneye]. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 394 Perre, drynke, piretum [?a1475 Winch. piretrum]. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 96 Pirre [1483 BL Add. 89074 Pirrey], piretum, potus factus de piris. 1490–1 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 100 Pro ij trowez pro strenyng del parry, viijd. a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid 441 in Poems (1981) 125 Tak mowlit breid, peirrie and ceder sour. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. i. f. 96/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I A kind of drink, made..of peares is named pirry. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1197/1 Botes laden with wine, cider, perrie. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. xlix. 539 The perries which are pressed out of wilde peares. 1623 W. Lisle in tr. Ælfric Saxon Treat. Old & New Test. Ded. xxxiv Syd'r in Kent,..Pyrrie in Wostersheere. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. iii. iii. 116 The great Pear plantations, planted for the making of Perry in those places where Vines cannot prosper. 1716 Mass. House of Representatives Jrnl. 1 118 The excise upon cyder, and perry, [shall] be but one shilling, per barrel. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. viii. 319 Excise..at first laid upon..the makers and venders of beer, ale, cyder, and perry. 1789 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. 197 The perry..is an agreeable liquor, having something of the harshness of claret wine, joined with the sweetness of metheglin. 1840 Cottager's Man. 5 in Libr. Useful Knowl., Husb. III Cider, perry, wines..might easily be obtained by an additional half acre. 1869 F. R. Lees Text-bk. Temperance vii. 164 Cider and perry, home-made fruit wines, black beers, etc. 1906 C. Scudamore Normandy viii. 39 Calvados produces much cider and perry as well as a kind of brandy termed ‘Calvados’. 1955 A. West Heritage vii. 299 We all became brown and healthy and great drinkers of perry, the pale-green pear wine of the district. 1988 Yankee Mar. 42/1 Blanchard Tavern... Unique for its drinks,..English beer, hard cider, perry, mead. Compounds C1. perry country n. ΚΠ 1693 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis (new ed.) 1327 A drink much like our Bunnel, in the Perry-countrey. 1904 Times 18 July 3/6 He lived in Herefordshire, in the midst of a cider and perry country. perry farmer n. ΚΠ 1836 Penny Cycl. V. 250 The cider and perry farmer will feel the benefit of this. perry pear n. ΚΠ 1855 P. Neill et al. Pract. Gardener's Compan. (rev. ed.) 131 Frequently the pips of the perry-pears, and sometimes of the common cultivated sorts are used. 1896 Jrnl. Royal Hort. Soc. Nov. 208 One of our oldest perry pears, the Longland, equals the well-known Catillac for stewing. 1990 Nat. World Spring–Summer 27/1 Perry was commonly made from special perry pears in Gloucestershire and Herefordshire. C2. † perry white n. Obsolete a drink made from pears. ΚΠ c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. v. 134 Peni Ale and piriwhit [v.rr. periwhit; pilewhey; c1400 B text podyng ale] heo pourede to-gedere. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.¹OEn.²a1300n.³c1330
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