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ˈpomeˌwater Obs. exc. dial.
Also 6–7 pom-.
[app. f. pome + water n.]
A large juicy kind of apple.
c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 15 The pome⁓watyr, and the gentylle ricardons. 1588Shakes. L.L.L. iv. ii. 4 Ripe as a Pomwater. 1600Dekker Old Fortunatus I j, Tis de sweetest apple in de world, tis better den de Pomewater, or apple John. 1657R. Ligon Barbadoes 72 The fruit when 'tis ripe, as big as the largest Pomewater. 1706Phillips, Pome-water, a large sort of Apple full of a very sweet Juice. 1832L. Hunt Sir R. Esher (1850) 116 The pomewater..far surpasses the queening. 1883Hampsh. Gloss., Pomewater, a large apple, tempting to the sight, but excessively sour.
b. fig. (Cf. apple of his eye.)
1607W. S[mith] Puritan C j b, The Captaine louing you so deerely, I, like the Pomwater of his eye, and you to be so vncomfortable, fie, fie. |