FRUIT
(also see APPLE, etc.)
ADJECTIVES
1440 — LASH of food, fruit, grass, etc.: soft, watery
1555 — CRUDE of fruit: unripe; sour or harsh to the taste
1562 — SAPPY of edible fruit; juicy; succulent → obs.
1578 — HASTING of fruits or vegetables: that ripens early → obs.
1578 — RATHE-RIPE — RATH-RIPE of fruits, grains, etc.: coming early to maturity; ripening early in the year → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1592 — PANCARPIAL composed of all kinds of fruits → obs.
1656 — POMIFEROUS producing fruit, esp. apples
1688 — FRUCTIVOROUS eating fruit
1713 — FRUGIVOROUS eating fruit
1727 — HASTIF — HASTIVE of fruit and vegetables: maturing early → obs.
1785 — RUSTY-COAT of a fruit: having a russet skin → chiefly US
1841 — POMONAL relating to fruit or fruit trees
1843 — MALMY of fruit: mellow, soft, juiceless; of food generally: vapid, tasteless → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1864 — BASK of fruit: sharp, bitter, rough to the taste → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1864 — POMONIC relating to fruits, esp. apples → literary usage
1899 — MERVE of fruit: rich, mellow, ripe → Sc.
1899 — MERVY of fruit: rich, mellow, ripe → Sc.
1905 — MAWKSY soft; tasteless; esp. said of over-ripe fruit → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — QUASHY of overripe fruit or young peas: pulpy → Eng. dial (Bk.)
1905 — RANDED of fruit and vegetables: specked, bruised on the outer coat, but not beyond → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — RANK RIPE of fruit: quite ripe; overripe → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1912 — ALIVE of bread or fruit: retaining freshness → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1377 — BARK the rind, husk, or shell of fruit and grains → obs.
1390 — POMARY an orchard; a fruit garden → obs.
1398 — BAY a berry, a small fruit, esp. used of that of the laurel or bay-tree → obs.
1400 — TINE the stalk of a fruit → obs.
1513 — VERDURE freshness or agreeable briskness of taste in fruits or liquors; also, taste, savour → obs.
1565 — STRIG the stalk of a leaf, fruit, or flower
1566 — CRASHING-CHEATS apples, pears, or any other fruits → sl.
1573 — HASTING an early-ripening fruit or vegetable → obs.
1600 — NUT the kernel of a peach, date, etc. → obs.
1613 — TAIL the stalk of a fruit → obs.
1677 — RATHE-RIPES early fruit and vegetables, esp. peas and apples → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1684 — MURAL a fruit tree grown against and fastened to a wall → obs.
1721 — PAIP — PAPE — PEP the stone of a cherry, plum, or other stone fruit; an orange pip, etc. → Sc.
1753 — LEMMA the husk or shell of a fruit → obs.
1753 — LEMMATA the husks or shells of a fruit → obs.
1775 — SASS fresh or preserved vegetables or fruit eaten as part of a meal or as a relish → US colloq.
1788 — GOWK the central portion of anything; the core of fruit; the hard centre of a boil or sore → Eng. dial.
1789 — POLTING LUG a long stick used to knock down fruit from trees → Eng. dial.
1799 — RARE-RIPE an early fruit or vegetable → Eng. & Amer. dial.
..19C — CORKLE the core of an apple or other fruit → Eng. dial.
1818 — POMOLOGY the cultivation of fruit
1824 — YIRMS small-sized fruit → Sc. obs.
1827 — GRIGGLES small apples remaining on the tree after the crop has been gathered in; small, worthless fruit, vegetables, etc., left after gathering → Eng. dial.
1830 — HANG a crop of fruit → Eng. dial.
1848 — SCHNITZ — SNITS — SNITZ slices or sections of fruit, esp. apples dried in slices → Amer. dial.
1852 — POMICULTURE the art of cultivating fruit; fruit growing
1867 — PATCH the stone of fruit → Eng. dial.
1878 — PRIMEUR a vegetable or piece of fruit which is grown before its ordinary season or is of the first harvest
1881 — SCRIGS small fruit left after the gathering of the crop → Eng. dial.
1882 — CHONKINGS the rejected parts or chewed remains of fruit, esp. apples, and occasionally other foods → Amer. dial.
1891 — ANGELS’ FOOD fruit salad → S. Afr.
1892 — DIGGLES thick clusters of fruit; abundance, plenty → Eng. dial.
1894 — SAUCE fresh berries served as dessert; stewed or preserved fruit served as a condiment or dessert → Amer. dial.
1895 — CHANKINGS the rejected parts or chewed remains of fruit, esp. apples, and occasionally other foods → Amer. dial.
..L19 — FALLERS windfall apples, pears, etc. → colloq.
1900 — FALLINGS fallen fruit, windfall apples → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — GRASH green or unripe fruit; vegetables → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — HARD-FRUIT stone fruit, plums, etc. → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — UNDERLING a small or inferior fruit or vegetable → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1913 — HOPPLE the short stem on which the berries grow → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1926 — EATER a fruit that is good to eat uncooked → Amer. dial.
1935 — SHELL the skin or rind of a fruit → Amer. dial.
1990 — FRESHIES fresh fruit and vegetables → Antarctica usage
1990 — GUTS the pulp and membrane inside a fruit → Trinidad and Tobago sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
1386 — FRUITESTER a female seller of fruit → obs.
1671 — OPOROPOLIST a fruit-seller, a fruiterer → obs.
1863 — FRUGIVORE a person who tends to eat a lot of fruit
1873 — GOWDER a hawker of fruit → Eng. dial.
1893 — FRUITARIAN a person who lives on fruit
1922 — APPLEKNOCKER (often derogatory) a fruit picker or farmer → Amer. dial.
VERBS
1527 — STROPE to strip or denude a thing of its covering, esp. a tree of its bark, a fruit of its rind, a seed of its skin → obs.
1652 — POLT to beat, to strike, to thump; also, to knock fruit down from a tree → Eng. dial.
1866 — SCRUMP to steal fruit, usually apples, from orchards → UK sl.
1900 — DAFFLE of fruit: to become bruised; to decay on the surface → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — DAGGLE to grow thickly together, as fruit → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — DIGGLE to grow thickly together, as fruit → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — FALL of fruit when cooked: to become soft and tender → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1907 — SCHNITZ to cut fruit into pieces → Amer. dial.