PEAR
NOUNS
► CRASHING-CHEATS apples, pears, or any other fruits → M16 sl.
► CRITLINGS the smaller apples or pears → 1611 obs.
► FALLERS windfall apples, pears, etc. → L19 colloq.
► PADDINGTON BEAR a pear → 1970s Brit. rhyming sl.
► PERRY a drink resembling cider, made from the juice of pears expressed and fermented → 1315
► PERRY ► PERY ► PIRIE a pear tree → 937 obs.
► POMIER an apple or pear tree → 1480 obs.
► PYRUS orig. a pear tree → 1567
► QUARRY the hard granular part of a pear → 1707 obs.
► RAPE a pear → M19 back-slang
► SCORE the core of an apple or pear → 1790 Eng. dial.
► SCORKLE the core of an apple or pear → 19C Eng. dial.
► SCORTLE the core of an apple or pear → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SUMMERINGS summer apples or pears → 1847 Eng. dial.
VERBS
► SCORE to remove the core of an apple or pear → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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