单词 | biffin |
释义 | biffinn. 1. A variety of cooking apple, cultivated especially in Norfolk. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > apple > [noun] > cooking-apple > types of codlingc1390 rambour1600 codling apple1654 biffin1794 Keswick codlin1814 Wellington1821 Lord Derby1862 Lane's Prince Albert1875 Bramley('s) seedling1900 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > apple > cooking apple > types of codlingc1390 rambour1600 codling apple1654 stubbard1736 biffin1794 Spitzenberg1795 Keswick codlin1814 Wellington1821 Wellington apple1824 Rome beauty1846 Lord Derby1862 Lane's Prince Albert1875 Bramley('s) seedling1900 Newton Wonder1932 1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams I. viii. 173 Frost-bitten cheeks, as red as a beefen from her own orchard. 1829 T. L. Peacock Misfortunes Elphin xiii. 180 This archetype of a Norfolk beefin. 1834 Penny Cycl. II. 190/1 For drying, the Norfolk Beaufin. 1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol iii. 82 Norfolk Biffins, squab and swarthy, setting off the yellow of the oranges and lemons. 2. A baked apple, of the preceding variety, flattened in the form of a cake. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > prepared fruit and dishes > [noun] > apple dishes apple-moyse1381 apple frittera1475 hot codlings?1610 flapjack1620 baked apple1621 apple pudding1708 black cap1710 pan pie1723 flap-apple1750 charlotte1796 hop-about1820 biffin1822 apple dowdy1823 pandowdy1833 apple charlotte1842 apple snow1846 apple strudel1850 apple hogling1880 apple amber1889 cob1898 apple crumble1947 1822 W. Kitchiner Cook's Oracle (ed. 4) 500 Dried Biffins from Norfolk. 1837 New Monthly Mag. 49 555 Beat his enormous head as flat as a biffin. 1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom 308 Baked in ovens, and flattened in the form of round cakes, they [apples] are called Beefings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1794 |
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