Found 7 hits - Term: cherry, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bob \bob\, v. i.
1. to have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up
and down; to play loosely against anything. "bobbing and
courtesying." --thackeray.
1913 webster
2. to angle with a bob. see bob, n., 2 3.
1913 webster
he ne'er had learned the art to bob
for anything but eels. --saxe.
1913 webster
to bob at an apple, cherry, etc. to attempt to bite or
seize with the mouth an apple, cherry, or other round
fruit, while it is swinging from a string or floating in a
tug of water.
1913 webster
see also:
bob to bob at an apple cherry
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cherry \cher"ry\ che^r"ry^, a.
like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry
lip; cherry cheeks.
1913 webster
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cherry \cher"ry\ che^r"ry^, n. oe. chery, for cherys, fr.
f. cerise cf. as. cyrs cherry, fr. ll. ceresia, fr. l.
cerasus cherry tree, gr. keraso`s, perh. fr. ke`ras horn,
from the hardness of the wood.
1. bot. a tree or shrub of the genus prunus which also
includes the plum bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony
stone;
a the common garden cherry prunus cerasus, of which
several hundred varieties are cultivated for the
fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart,
black tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, may-duke
corrupted from m'edoc in france.
b the wild cherry; as, prunus serotina wild black
cherry, valued for its timber; prunus virginiana
choke cherry, an american shrub which bears
astringent fruit; prunus avium and prunus padus,
european trees bird cherry.
1913 webster
2. the fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors
and flavors.
1913 webster
3. the timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry,
used in cabinetmaking, etc.
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4. a peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry.
1913 webster
barbadoes cherry. see under barbadoes.
cherry bird zool., an american bird; the cedar bird; --
so called from its fondness for cherries.
cherry bounce, cherry brandy and sugar.
cherry brandy, brandy in which cherries have been steeped.
cherry laurel bot., an evergreen shrub prunus
lauro-cerasus common in shrubberies, the poisonous
leaves of which have a flavor like that of bitter almonds.
cherry pepper bot., a species of capsicum capsicum
cerasiforme, with small, scarlet, intensely piquant
cherry-shaped fruit.
cherry pit.
a a child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a
hole. --shak.
b a cherry stone.
cherry rum, rum in which cherries have been steeped.
cherry sucker zool., the european spotted flycatcher
musicapa grisola; -- called also cherry chopper
cherry snipe.
cherry tree, a tree that bears cherries.
ground cherry, winter cherry, see alkekengi.
1913 webster
see also:
prunus prunus cerasus prunus serotina prunus virginiana prunus avium prunus padus
barbadoes cherry barbadoes cherry bird cherry bounce cherry brandy
cherry laurel prunus lauro-cerasus cherry pepper capsicum capsicum cerasiforme
cherry pit cherry rum cherry sucker musicapa grisola cherry chopper
cherry snipe cherry tree ground cherry winter cherry alkekengi
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
cherry
adj : having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent
of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
syn: red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine,
cerise, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
scarlet
n 1: wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black
cherry
2: any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy
round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a
valuable hardwood syn: cherry tree
3: fruit with a single hard stone
4: a red the color of ripe cherries syn: cerise, cherry red
see also:
red reddish ruddy blood-red carmine cerise
cherry-red crimson ruby ruby-red scarlet
cherry tree cherry red
- [5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
cherry, il village, fips 12970
location: 41.42956 n, 89.21361 w
population 1990: 487 199 housing units
area: 1.6 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
- [6] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
cherry -- u.s. county in nebraska
population 2000: 6148
housing units 2000: 3220
land area 2000: 5960.522867 sq. miles 15437.682699 sq. km
water area 2000: 49.019880 sq. miles 126.960902 sq. km
total area 2000: 6009.542747 sq. miles 15564.643601 sq. km
located within: nebraska ne, fips 31
location: 42.651785 n, 101.147203 w
headwords:
cherry
cherry, ne
cherry county
cherry county, ne
- [7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
cherry, il -- u.s. village in illinois
population 2000: 509
housing units 2000: 220
land area 2000: 0.538056 sq. miles 1.393559 sq. km
water area 2000: 0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
total area 2000: 0.538056 sq. miles 1.393559 sq. km
fips code: 12970
located within: illinois il, fips 17
location: 41.426628 n, 89.212422 w
zip codes 1990:
note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
headwords:
cherry, il
cherry
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