| 单词 |
quarrender |
| 释义 |
quarrenden, quarrender|ˈkwɒrənd(ə)n, -də(r)|
Also 5 quaryndo(u)n, 7, 9 quarrington, 9 quarantine, quarrener, quarendel, -den, -don, -ten.
[Of obscure origin: the L. equivalents given in first quot. seem to be otherwise unknown.]
A variety of apple (see quot. 1886) common in Somerset and Devon. Also attrib.
14..Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 574/34 Conduum, a Quaryndoun. Conduus, a Quaryndon tre. 1676Worlidge Cyder (1691) 206 The Devonshire Quarrington is also a very fine early Apple. 1851R. Hogg Brit. Pomol. 67 Devonshire Quarrenden... A very valuable and first-rate dessert apple. 1855Kingsley Westw. Ho i, ‘Red quarrenders’ and mazard cherries. 1869Blackmore Lorna D. (1891) 125 As he took the large oxhorn of our quarantine apple cider. 1870Trollope Vicar of Bullhampton vii. 40 The quarantines are rare this year. 1874T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. xxvii. 299 Some tall, gaunt costard, or quarrington. 1886Elworthy W. Som. Word-bk., Quarrener,..an oblate shaped, deep red, early apple; also known as suck-apple. 1905Westm. Gaz. 11 Aug. 10/1 One grower in the West of England obtained 20s. a bushel for his Devonshire Quarrendens. 1907Ibid. 31 Aug. 7/2 English apples..are a poor crop, except Worcesters and Quarantines—the latter an early cheap fruit. 1921Contemp. Rev. Oct. 559 The Quarrendens are gone. September saw them out. 1945H. J. Massingham Wisdom of Fields vii. 133 Red and sweet Quarrendons on the orchard trees. 1969Oxf. Bk. Food Plants 48/1 ‘Devonshire Quarrendon’. Known before 1650, it was possibly originally French. It has a deep crimson fruit with white juicy flesh. |
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