Adam's apple |
See under Adam. |
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Apple |
The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones. |
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Apple |
Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree. |
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Apple |
Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple. |
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Apple |
Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold. |
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Apple |
To grow like an apple; to bear apples. |
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Apple-jack |
Apple brandy. |
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Apple-john |
A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; -- called also Johnapple. |
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Apple pie |
A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar. |
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Apple-squire |
A pimp; a kept gallant. |
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Bald-faced |
Having a white face or a white mark on the face, as a stag. |
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Bell-faced |
Having the striking surface convex; -- said of hammers. |
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Black-faced |
Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect. |
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Bold-faced |
Somewhat impudent; lacking modesty; as, a bold-faced woman. |
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Bold-faced |
Having a conspicuous or heavy face. |
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Moon-faced |
Having a round, full face. |
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Mulberry-faced |
Having a face of a mulberry color, or blotched as if with mulberry stains. |
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Otaheite apple |
The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree (Spondias dulcis), also called vi-apple. It is rather larger than an apple, and the rind has a flavor of turpentine, but the flesh is said to taste like pineapples. |
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Otaheite apple |
A West Indian name for a myrtaceous tree (Jambosa Malaccensis) which bears crimson berries. |
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Pitch-faced |
Having the arris defined by a line beyond which the rock is cut away, so as to give nearly true edges; -- said of squared stones that are otherwise quarry-faced. |
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