stiren.
/stʌɪə/ A kind of cider apple; also the cider made from it. Also attributive.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > cider > [adjective] > qualities
red-streaked1664
stire1699
the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > cider-making > [noun] > cider apples
genet-moyle1655
stire1699
stirom1708
coccagee1727
the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > apple > [noun] > cider apple
genet-moyle1655
eleot1676
stire1699
stirom1708
coccagee1727
sheepnose1817
Slack-ma-girdle1885
sheep's nose1936
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > apple > cider apples
ruddock1600
redding1611
stocking-apple1629
Harvey1640
genet-moyle1655
moil1657
winter queening1657
must1662
redstreak1662
redstreak apple1664
eleot1676
peeling1676
Sodom apple1676
stire1699
woodcock1700
underleaf1707
coccagee1727
white sour1727
sheepnose1817
Tom Putt1831
cider-apple1875
Slack-ma-girdle1885
sheep's nose1936
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [adjective] > of or relating to or like apples > of types of apple
wilding1538
russet1602
stire1699
Orleans1803
Worcester1877
1699 in Chesh. Gloss. (at cited word) [The lessor] shall enjoy..one measure of apples or crabs commonly called stires, [etc.].
1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) III. 246 In bottling their Styre Cyder.
1754 Compleat Cyder-man 66 Others [said] that the Styre Apple makes the best Cyder.
1826 D. Booth Art of Brewing (ed. 2) 167 Stire cider, in the same state, sells for £5.
1853 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 14 ii. 446 Some sort of apples, as the ‘stere’ and ‘Haglor crab’, in very dry seasons will only yield 1 hogshead of juice to 3 of fruit.
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