APPLE
ADJECTIVES
1656 — POMIFEROUS producing apples
1706 — POMACEOUS consisting of apples
1819 — POMIFORM having the shape of an apple
1855 — POMIVOROUS eating or feeding on apples
1864 — POMONIC relating to apples → literary usage
1892 — NABBLY having the appearance of an apple in size → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
INTERJECTIONS
1970 — BUTTS ON! to cry to claim someone’s apple core → sl.
NOUNS
1400 — MALE — MELE an apple, an apple tree → obs.
1400 — POMADE a drink made from apples; cider → obs.
1435 — POME an apple → obs.
1467 — SCRAB the crab-apple or wild apple → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1480 — POMIER an apple or pear tree → obs.
1483 — APPLE-GARTH an apple-garden or orchard → obs.
.M16 — CRASHING-CHEATS apples, pears, or any other fruits → sl.
1597 — LEATHER-COAT a russet apple, from the roughness of the skin
1611 — CRITLINGS the smaller apples or pears → obs.
1657 — POMATUM a drink made from apples; cider → obs.
1658 — CRUMPLING a small shrivelled apple or cucumber → obs.
1677 — RATHE-RIPES early fruit and vegetables, esp. apples and peas → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1718 — NOSE the eye of an apple, gooseberry, etc. → Eng. dial.
1777 — MEESE the lichen which grows upon apple-trees; moss → Eng. dial.
1777 — QUADDLE the codlin apple → Eng. dial.
1790 — SCORE the core of an apple or pear → Eng. dial.
..19C — CORKLE the core of an apple or other fruit → Eng. dial.
..19C — SCORKLE the core of an apple or pear → Eng. dial.
1825 — CRINKLING a small apple → Eng. dial.
1827 — GRIGGLES small apples remaining on the tree after the crop has been gathered in → Eng. dial.
1843 — RUSTY-COAT any variety of apple having a russet skin → chiefly US
1847 — SUMMERINGS summer apples or pears → Eng. dial.
1848 — SNITS — SNITZ apples dried in slices → Amer. dial.
1851 — SCRIGGINS — SKREGGINS small apples left on the tree after the ingathering of the crop → Eng. dial.
1859 — PIG a segment of an apple or citrus fruit → chiefly UK usage
1861 — LEATHER-JACKET an apple with a thick rind → Eng. dial.
1869 — SCHNITZ apples dried in slices → Amer. dial.
1876 — SCROGGINGS — SCROGGLINGS small or stray applies left on the trees after the main crop has been gathered → Eng. dial.
1877 — CRUMPY a small shrivelled apple → Eng. dial.
1881 — SCRIGS small apples left after the gathering of the crop → Eng. dial.
1882 — CHONKINGS the rejected parts or chewed remains of apples → Amer. dial.
1889 — SCORK the core of an apple → Eng. dial.
1891 — APPLE-BLOWTH apple blossom → Eng. dial.
1893 — CRAUNCH apples or the like; food that can be crunched on → colloq.
1895 — CHANKINGS the rejected parts or chewed remains of apples → Amer. dial.
1898 — APPLE-OWLING the custom of knocking off from the trees the useless fruit remaining, after the apple harvest has been gathered in → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — BOAT a segment of an apple or orange → Eng. dial., children’s term (Bk.)
..L19 — FALLERS windfall apples, pears, etc. → colloq.
..L19 — ONE BITE a small sour apple that is good for a single bite, after which it gets thrown away → costermongers’ usage
..20C — GRANNIES Granny Smith apples → NZ colloq.
..20C — PULLOGUE apples stolen and hidden → Irish sl.
1900 — FALLINGS windfall apples → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1903 — APPLE-GLORY apple blossom → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 — SAP an apple → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 — SCORTLE the core of an apple or pear → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 — SCRIGGLE an undersized apple left on the tree as worthless → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 — SCRIGGLING a small, stunted apple, esp. one left on the tree as worthless → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 — SCRINCHLING an undersized, stunted apple → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — MASKEL a small shrivelled apple → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — MAWL-SCRAWL a small shrivelled apple → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1910 — YAP an apple → Sc. sl.
1958 — MAC — MACK a red McIntosh apple, usually from British Columbia → Can. sl.
1966 — SHANKINGS skins and core of an apple → Amer. dial.
1970 — COB the core of an apple → Amer. dial.
1972 — ADAM’S FRUIT an apple → Amer. dial., loggers’ usage
1986 — KERNEL the core of an apple → Amer. dial., esp. African-American usage
1999 — SCRUMPING the act of stealing apples from orchards → UK sl.
1999 — SNIT an apple slice → Nova Scotians of German descent usage
NOUNS, PERSON
1540 — APPLE-MONGER a dealer in apples, an apple seller
1599 — APPLE-WIFE a woman or girl who sells apples, esp. from a stall
1607 — APPLE-WOMAN a woman or girl who sells apples, esp. from a stall
1920 — APPLE-KNOCKER a picker or seller of apples → US tramps’ sl.
1946 — SCRUMPER a person who steals apples from orchards → UK sl.
VERBS
1866 — SCRUMP to steal apples from orchards → UK sl.
1904 — SCORE to remove the core of an apple or pear → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 — SCRIGGLE to take the last apples off a tree → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 — SCROG to gather stray apples left on the trees after the main crop has been gathered → Eng. dial. (Bk.)