winter cherry

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• Cherry

  ·noun A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry. II. Cherry ·noun The fruit of the cherry tree...

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• cherry, native

  n. an Australian tree, Exocarpus cupressiformis, R. Br., N.O. Santalaceae. 1801. `History of New S...

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• cherry

  A species of smelt or spurling, taken in the Frith of Tay. ...

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• Winter

  ·noun The period of decay, old age, death, or the like. II. Winter ·vi To keep, feed or manage, dur...

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• Bird cherry

  ·- A shrub (Prunus Padus ) found in Northern and Central Europe. It bears small black cherries. ...

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• Bob-cherry

  ·noun A play among children, in which a cherry, hung so as to bob against the mouth, is to be caught...

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• Cherry, Andrew

  (1762-1812) Dramatist, s. of a bookseller at Limerick, was a successful actor, and managed theatres...

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• brush-cherry

  n. an Australian tree, Trochocarpa laurina, R. Br., and Eugeniamyrtifolia, Simms. Called also Brush...

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• cherry-picker

  n. bird-name. See quotation. 1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. iv. p. 70: « Melithreptus...

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• native cherry

  n. See cherry. ...

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• choke-cherry

  The popular name of the prunus Virginiana, so called from its astringent properties. ...

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• Winter-beaten

  ·adj Beaten or harassed by the severe weather of winter. ...

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• Winter-ground

  ·vt To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter; as, to winter-ground the ro...

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• Winter-proud

  ·adj Having too rank or forward a growth for winter. ...

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• Winter-rig

  ·vt To fallow or till in winter. ...

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• Winter, William

  (b. 1836) American critic, etc. Shakespeare's England, Grey Days and Gold, Old Shrines and Ivy Brow...

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• winter cricket

  A taylor. ...

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• jacky winter

  n. the vernacular name in NewSouth Wales of the Brown Flycatcher, Microeca fascinans,a common littl...

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• winter country

  in New Zealand (South Island),land so far unaffected by snow that stock is wintered on it. ...

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• winter-hedge

  a wooden frame (called also a CLOTHES-HORSE) for dry ing linen by the fire. York. ...

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• winter-fish

  This term generally alludes to cured cod and ling. ...

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• winter-quarters

  The towns or posts occupied during the winter by troops who quit the campaign for the season. Also, ...

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• winter-solstice

  See capricornus. ...

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• cherry-coloured cat

  A black cat, there being black cherries as well as red. ...

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• cherry, herbert river

  n. a Queensland tree, Antidesma dallachyanum, Baill., N.O. Euphorbiaceae.The fruit is equal to a la...

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• "Winter, John Strange"

  see Stannard, Mrs. Arthur. ...

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