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† deusan, deuzan Obs.
Also dewsant, dewzin, deux ans.
[for F. deux ans two years.]
A kind of apple said to keep two years; = apple-John.
1570in Gutch Coll. Cur. II. 8 For xx Dewsants..viijd. For xij Pippines..xijd. 1609N. F. Fruiterers' Secr. 24 Especially Pippins, John Apples, or as some call them Dewzins. 1620Venner Via Recta vii. 109 Such are our Queene-apples..and next our Rosiars, Pear-maines and Pippins, Deusans, &c. 1635Quarles Embl. v. ii, 'Tis not the lasting deuzan I require, Nor yet the red-cheek'd queening. 1741Compl. Fam. Piece ii. iii. 377 Apples [June], Oaken Pin, Deux Ans or John Apple. |