FIR, FIR CONE
NOUNS
► CATKINS the cones of the fir tree → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CAVE a fir cone → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CLOG a fir cone; a pine cone → L16 obs.
► DEAL a plank or board of pine or fir-wood → 1400
► DEAL-APPLE a fir cone → 1819 Eng. dial.
► DEAL-BOARD a thin board of fir or pine → 1568
► DEALSEY a fir cone → 1810 Eng. dial.
► DEAL-TREE a fir tree → 1825 Eng. dial.
► DELSEED a fir cone → 1810 Eng. dial.
► DENNEBOL a fir cone → 1909 S. Afr.
► FIR-APPLE the fruit of the fir tree; a fir cone → 1712
► FIR- BALL a fir cone → 1878
► FIR-BOB a fir cone → 1854
► FIR-DEAL a plank of fir; fir wood cut in planks → 1450
► FOLLY ► VOLLY a clump of fir trees on a hill → 1880 Eng. dial.
► KNAG the stunted dead branch of a pine or fir → 1440
► SCRAB-APPLE a fir cone → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► STARRIGAN a young, stunted or decayed fir tree, often cut for firewood → 1894 Newfoundland usage
► STROBILUS a fir cone → 1753 botany usage
► TORY-TOP the seed cone of a fir tree → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
VERBS
► APPLE to gather fir cones or ‘apples’ → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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