Adam's apple |
See under Adam. |
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Apple |
The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones. |
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Apple |
Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree. |
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Apple |
Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple. |
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Apple |
Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold. |
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Apple |
To grow like an apple; to bear apples. |
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Apple-faced |
Having a round, broad face, like an apple. |
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Apple-john |
A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; -- called also Johnapple. |
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Apple pie |
A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar. |
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Apple-squire |
A pimp; a kept gallant. |
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Black-jack |
A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; -- called also false galena. See Blende. |
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Black-jack |
Caramel or burnt sugar, used to color wines, spirits, ground coffee, etc. |
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Black-jack |
A large leather vessel for beer, etc. |
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Black-jack |
The Quercus nigra, or barren oak. |
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Black-jack |
The ensign of a pirate. |
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Minute-jack |
A figure which strikes the hour on the bell of some fanciful clocks; -- called also jack of the clock house. |
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Minute-jack |
A timeserver; an inconstant person. |
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Otaheite apple |
The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree (Spondias dulcis), also called vi-apple. It is rather larger than an apple, and the rind has a flavor of turpentine, but the flesh is said to taste like pineapples. |
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Otaheite apple |
A West Indian name for a myrtaceous tree (Jambosa Malaccensis) which bears crimson berries. |
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Sea apple |
The fruit of a West Indian palm (Manicaria Plukenetii), often found floating in the sea. |
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