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APPLES
FOR
CIDER.
CIDER.
THK
original
meaning
o(
the
word
cider^
appears
to
have
been
strong
drink.
It
was
used
to
designate
a
Hquor
made
of the
juice
of
any
fruit
pressed,
and
an
example
of
the
word
in
this
use
is
to
be
found
in
Wycliffe's
Bible,
in
the
speech
of
the
angel
to
Zacharias
(Luke
i.
15),
in
allusion
to
his
promised
progeny
:
He
schal
not
drynke
wyn
and
syder.
The
next
meaning
is
that
of a
liquor
made
from
the
juice
of
apples
expressed
and
fermented.
^
It
is
supposed
by
the
erudite
divine,
Adam
Clukt-;,
to
be
prob-
ably
borrowed
iroin
the
Hebrew
word
"^9^,
Greek
acKepa,
which,
a.
cording
to
St.
Jerome
{B.pht.
ad
Nef^otianum
devita
Clcricorinn,
ct
in
Jsai.
xxvii.
1),
means
any
mtoxicating
hquor,
wliethcr
of"
honL7,
com,
appl
-Sj
dates,
or
other
fruits.