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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bob \Bob\, v. i. 1. To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down to play loosely against anything ``Bobbing and courtesying.'' --Thackeray. 2. To angle with a bob. See {Bob}, n., 2 & 3. He ne'er had learned the art to bob For anything but eels. --Saxe. {To bob at an apple}, {cherry}, etc to attempt to bite or seize with the mouth an apple, cherry, or other round fruit, while it is swinging from a string or floating in a tug of water. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cherry \Cher"ry\, n. [OE. chery, for cherys fr F. cerise (cf. AS cyrs cherry), fr LL ceresia, fr L. cerasus Cherry tree, Gr ?, perh. fr ? horn, from the hardness of the wood.] 1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus {Prunus} (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone; a The common garden cherry ({Prunus Cerasus}), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from M['e]doc in France). b The wild cherry; as {Prunus serotina} (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; {P. Virginiana} (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; {P. avium} and {P. Padus}, European trees (bird cherry). 2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors. 3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc 4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry. {Barbadoes cherry}. See under {Barbadoes}. {Cherry bird} (Zo["o]l.), an American bird; the cedar bird; -- so called from its fondness for cherries. {Cherry bounce}, cherry brandy and sugar. {Cherry brandy}, brandy in which cherries have been steeped. {Cherry laurel} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Prunus Lauro-cerasus}) common in shrubberies, the poisonous leaves of which have a flavor like that of bitter almonds. {Cherry pepper} (Bot.), a species of {Capsicum} ({C. cerasiforme}), with small scarlet, intensely piquant cherry-shaped fruit. {Cherry pit}. a A child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a hole. --Shak. b A cherry stone. {Cherry rum}, rum in which cherries have been steeped. {Cherry sucker} (Zo["o]l.), the European spotted flycatcher ({Musicapa grisola}); -- called also {cherry chopper} {cherry snipe}. {Cherry tree}, a tree that bears cherries. {Ground cherry}, {Winter cherry}, See {Alkekengi}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cherry \Cher"ry\ (ch[e^]r"r[y^]), a. Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as a cherry lip; cherry cheeks. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cherry adj : having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies [syn: {red}, {reddish}, {ruddy}, {blood-red}, {carmine}, {cerise}, {cherry-red}, {crimson}, {ruby}, {ruby-red}, {scarlet}] n 1: wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry 2: any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood [syn: {cherry tree}] 3: fruit with a single hard stone 4: a red the color of ripe cherries [syn: {cerise}, {cherry red}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Cherry, IL (village, FIPS 12970) Location: 41.42956 N, 89.21361 W Population (1990): 487 (199 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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