Cherry

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bob \Bob\, v. i.
     1. To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up
        and down; to play loosely against anything. "Bobbing and
        courtesying." --Thackeray.
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     2. To angle with a bob. See {Bob}, n., 2 & 3.
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              He ne'er had learned the art to bob
              For anything but eels.                --Saxe.
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     {To bob at an apple}, {cherry}, etc. to attempt to bite or
        seize with the mouth an apple, cherry, or other round
        fruit, while it is swinging from a string or floating in a
        tug of water.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cherry \Cher"ry\ (ch[e^]r"r[y^]), a.
     Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry
     lip; cherry cheeks.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cherry \Cher"ry\ (ch[e^]r"r[y^]), n. [OE. chery, for cherys, fr.
     F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L.
     cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. keraso`s, perh. fr. ke`ras horn,
     from the hardness of the wood.]
     1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus {Prunus} (Which also
        includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony
        stone;
        (a) The common garden cherry ({Prunus Cerasus}), of which
            several hundred varieties are cultivated for the
            fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart,
            black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke
            (corrupted from M['e]doc in France).
        (b) The wild cherry; as, {Prunus serotina} (wild black
            cherry), valued for its timber; {Prunus Virginiana}
            (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears
            astringent fruit; {Prunus avium} and {Prunus Padus},
            European trees (bird cherry).
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     2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors
        and flavors.
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     3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry,
        used in cabinetmaking, etc.
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     4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry.
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     {Barbadoes cherry}. See under {Barbadoes}.
  
     {Cherry bird} (Zool.), an American bird; the cedar bird; --
        so called from its fondness for cherries.
  
     {Cherry bounce}, cherry brandy and sugar.
  
     {Cherry brandy}, brandy in which cherries have been steeped.
        
  
     {Cherry laurel} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Prunus
        Lauro-cerasus}) common in shrubberies, the poisonous
        leaves of which have a flavor like that of bitter almonds.
        
  
     {Cherry pepper} (Bot.), a species of {Capsicum} ({Capsicum
        cerasiforme}), with small, scarlet, intensely piquant
        cherry-shaped fruit.
  
     {Cherry pit}.
        (a) A child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a
            hole. --Shak.
        (b) A cherry stone.
  
     {Cherry rum}, rum in which cherries have been steeped.
  
     {Cherry sucker} (Zool.), the European spotted flycatcher
        ({Musicapa grisola}); -- called also {cherry chopper}
        {cherry snipe}.
  
     {Cherry tree}, a tree that bears cherries.
  
     {Ground cherry}, {Winter cherry}, See {Alkekengi}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cherry
       adj : having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent
             of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
             [syn: {red}, {reddish}, {ruddy}, {blood-red}, {carmine},
              {cerise}, {cherry-red}, {crimson}, {ruby}, {ruby-red},
              {scarlet}]
       n 1: wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black
            cherry
       2: any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy
          round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a
          valuable hardwood [syn: {cherry tree}]
       3: fruit with a single hard stone
       4: a red the color of ripe cherries [syn: {cerise}, {cherry red}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Cherry, IL (village, FIPS 12970)
    Location: 41.42956 N, 89.21361 W
    Population (1990): 487 (199 housing units)
    Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Cherry -- U.S. County in Nebraska
     Population (2000):    6148
     Housing Units (2000): 3220
     Land area (2000):     5960.522867 sq. miles (15437.682699 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    49.019880 sq. miles (126.960902 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    6009.542747 sq. miles (15564.643601 sq. km)
     Located within:       Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
     Location:             42.651785 N, 101.147203 W
     Headwords:
      Cherry
      Cherry, NE
      Cherry County
      Cherry County, NE
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Cherry, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
     Population (2000):    509
     Housing Units (2000): 220
     Land area (2000):     0.538056 sq. miles (1.393559 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.538056 sq. miles (1.393559 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            12970
     Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
     Location:             41.426628 N, 89.212422 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Cherry, IL
      Cherry