单词 | hedge-berry |
释义 | hedge-berryn. A berry or similar small fruit borne by a hedge shrub or hedgerow tree, as a wild blackberry; the plant bearing this; spec. (the fruit of) the hagberry or bird cherry, Prunus padus, or the common wild cherry, P. avium (cf. hagberry n. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > other berries hedge-berry1607 elderberry1625 ramble-berry1658 cloudberry1743 Indian pear1796 bluet1812 squawberry1829 pigface1830 wax-berry1835 quandong1836 strawberry guava1901 bead-berry1923 squash-berry1935 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > other berries blueberry1594 hedge-berry1607 elderberry1625 huckleberry1670 bearberry1677 cloudberry1743 baked apple1750 pembina1760 service1785 honeyberry1787 nub-berry1794 bluet1812 noop1817 squawberry1829 quandong1836 miro1838 strawberry guava1901 squash-berry1935 tayberry1977 tummelberry1984 1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue v. 240 Then sow or sett Acornes, Ashkeyes, Hawes, Hedgberries, Nuts, and what else you desire. a1627 T. Middleton More Dissemblers besides Women v. ii, in 2 New Playes (1657) 74 Black in mouth, Like Boys with eating Hedg-berries. 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden (Britten and Holland) In Westmerland and Lancashire they call it [sc. bird cherry] the Hedge-berry-tree. 1768 Every Man his own Brewer 150 Our common hedge berries are too austere, costive and immature for any use in fine drinks. 1791 T. Holcroft School for Arrogance iii. 55 A plate of hedge-berries and crab apples for the dessert! 1833 Weekly Visitor 28 May 189/2 The ripening of hedge-berries is reserved for the winter season, when the birds are nearly destitute of insect food. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 572/2 Hedgeberry, Cerasus avium. 1913 ‘R. Dehan’ Headquarter Recruit ii. 19 Her black eyes shining like those hedge-berries that the birds never eat. 1945 L. Spence Magic Arts Celtic Brit. (1999) xii. 158 ‘The ruddy gem’ [can be identified] as the hedge-berry, known in Wales as the ‘Borues y Gwion’. 2008 J. Bourne Spymaster's Lady 204 I've had enough hedge berries and sour apples. It's no life for a man. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1607 |
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