单词 | redstreak |
释义 | redstreakn. 1. a. Any of several varieties of apple with red-streaked skin, spec. a highly esteemed cider apple raised by Lord Scudamore in Herefordshire in the early 17th cent.; (also) a tree bearing such fruit. Cf. redstreak apple n. at Compounds. Now rare or historical. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > apple > cider apples ruddock1600 redding1611 stocking-apple1629 Harvey1640 genet-moyle1655 moil1657 winter queening1657 must1662 redstreak1662 redstreak apple1664 eleot1676 peeling1676 Sodom apple1676 stire1699 woodcock1700 underleaf1707 coccagee1727 white sour1727 sheepnose1817 Tom Putt1831 cider-apple1875 Slack-ma-girdle1885 sheep's nose1936 1662 Dr. Power in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1756) I. 132 The best fruit (with us in Gloucestershire) for the first year's cider are the red-streak, the white and red must apples..and the Harvey apple. 1663 J. Beale Let. 23 Feb. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) II. 67 And that eager & wild apples & peares (such is the Redstrake) yield a wyny & sprightfull liquor. 1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 32 Let every Tree in every Garden own The Red-Streak as supream. 1750 W. Shenstone Rural Elegance 31 Is not the red-streak's future juice The source of your delight? 1818 W. H. Marshall Rev. & Abstr. County Rep. to Board of Agric. II. 289 Nature has endued some apple trees, such as the redstreak,..with the power of maturing their fruits earlier in the season than others. 1836 W. Dunlap Mem. Water Drinker (1837) I. 48 The tale of grandfather's wars with the Indians..[is] interrupted by draughts of the precious juice of the crab, the spitzbergen, and the red-streak. 1875 F. I. Scudamore Day Dreams 16 We began to pass through apple-orchards, in which the ‘redstreak’ flourished in its native soil. 1936 H. V. Taylor Apples of Eng. vii. 69 Apples of the brightest hue—Redstreak, Knotted Kernel—are found amongst the cider kinds. 1983 F. Greenoak Forgotten Fruit v. 65 There is still a Somerset Red Streak available but I do not know whether it is related to the ancient Red Streaks. 2005 C. Trewin Gourmet Cornwall xii. 171 They have catalogued 64 different apple varieties, including Cornish Gillyflower, Onion Redstreak, Colloggett Pippin, [etc.]. b. Cider made from such an apple. Cf. redstreak cider n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > cider > [noun] > types of cider pippin cider1662 redstreak cider1664 water cidera1665 redstreak1671 moil1708 wring-jawa1804 champagne cider1810 rough1858 scrumpy1903 1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2129 I have had as good Red~strake as ever I drank in any place. 1709 E. Smith Poem J. Philips 64 Redstreak he quaffs beneath the Chianti Vine, Gives Tuscan yearly for thy Scud'more's Wine. 1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at South-Hams That noble rough cyder, which is generally preferred to the soft, sickly Hereford redstreak. 1846 J. K. Paulding Old Continental I. iii. 46 I'll bet a gallon of Miss Boshin's red streak, his sneakers are up as high as the top of the big white-wood-tree before the cock crows to-morrow morning. 2008 Western Daily Press (Nexis) 26 Apr. 30 Thatchers has been the driving force behind the recent popularity of single-variety ciders... Last year it produced a limited stock of Redstreak to great acclaim. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [noun] > face or nose > person tripe-cheek1599 brandy-facea1687 redstreak1771 1712 J. Arbuthnot Law is Bottomless-pit xii. 22 That red-streak Country-face. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 112 Then turning to Liddy, he added, ‘What say you, my pretty Redstreak?’ 1776 R. Graves Euphrosyne vi. 219 The rural lass with ruddy cheeks, The Redstreak we may name. Compounds redstreak apple n. now historical ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > apple > cider apples ruddock1600 redding1611 stocking-apple1629 Harvey1640 genet-moyle1655 moil1657 winter queening1657 must1662 redstreak1662 redstreak apple1664 eleot1676 peeling1676 Sodom apple1676 stire1699 woodcock1700 underleaf1707 coccagee1727 white sour1727 sheepnose1817 Tom Putt1831 cider-apple1875 Slack-ma-girdle1885 sheep's nose1936 1664 J. Beale in J. Evelyn Pomona in Sylva 27 M. Philips..shewed me a very fair large Red-strake Apple. 1754 W. Ellis Compl. Cyderman v. 66 As to the Redstreak Apple, it is allowed that there are three Sorts of them. 1851 J. F. W. Johnston Notes N. Amer. 321 Take a red-streak apple, roast it before a slow fire on a china plate. 1993 J. Morgan & A. Richards Bk. Apples vi. 139 The fame of Herefordshire cider lay with the Redstreak apple. redstreak cider n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > cider > [noun] > types of cider pippin cider1662 redstreak cider1664 water cidera1665 redstreak1671 moil1708 wring-jawa1804 champagne cider1810 rough1858 scrumpy1903 1664 J. Beale in J. Evelyn Pomona in Sylva 25 So does the Red-strake-Cider of the Vale excell any other Cider of the forcible soil. 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 12 I gave him a dozen Bottles of Red-Streak Cyder. 1833 R. Dolby Cook's Dict. (rev. ed.) 178/1 Distil in a cold still, one part of clary water, half a part of redstreak cider. 2002 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 27 Mar. 2 A relaunched Redstreak cider, is given an extra finish by using the winemaker's ‘cuvage’ technique. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1662 |
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