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† pomeroy Obs.
Also 7 pome-roie, pomroy.
[app. f. F. pomme (OF. pome) apple + roi king.]
An old variety of apple; perh. = king-apple.
1600Breton Strange Fort. Two Princes (Grosart) 19/2 Plucking off an apple called a Pome-roie. 1606Sir G. Goosecappe v. i. in Bullen O. Pl. III. 92 Thou Pomroy or thou apple of mine eye. 1622Peacham Compl. Gent. i. 2. 1664 Evelyn Kal. Hort. Jan. (1729) 191 Apples..Pome⁓water, Pomeroy. 1823Crabb Technol. Dict., Pomeroy, a good-tasted apple, not very juicy, but of a pulpy substance. |