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feaberry dial.|ˈfiːbərɪ, ˈfeɪbərɪ|
Forms: α. 6 feaberrie, 7, 9 fe-, 9 fa-, fae-, fayberry, 7– feaberry. β. 7–9 pl. feab(e)s, 9 fabes, fapes, feaps. γ. pl. 7 thebes, thepes, 9 thapes.
[Possibly corruption of *theve berry, f. ME. theve:—OE. þéfe prickly shrub (in þéfe-þorn) + berry; the shortened form thebes appears to preserve the original initial. Cf. dayberry (perh. a variant).]
A gooseberry; in Norfolk applied only to the unripe fruit (Forby). Also attrib.
1597Gerarde Herbal 1143 In English Gooseberrie, Gooseberrie bush, and Feaberrie Bush in Cheshire, my natiue countrie. 1611Cotgr., Groiselles, gooseberries; thornberries; fea-berries. 1615Markham Eng. Housew. (1660) 76 The best sauce for green Geese is the juyce of Sorrel and Suger mixt together with a few scalded Feberries. 1674Ray S. & E.C. Words 65 Feabes or Feaberries: Gooseberries, Suff. Thebes in Norfolk. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Feabs or Fea-berries, a Country-Word for Goose-berries. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Fapes s. pl. gooseberries. Variously called also feaps, feabs, fabes and thapes; all abbreviations of feaberries..On that day [the Guild-day] a fape-tart is an indispensable regale at every table. 1855E. Waugh Lanc. Life (1857) 104 ‘Fayberry cake’..or such like homely buttery-stuff. |