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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bob \Bob\, verb (used without an object)
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}, noun, 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cherry \Cher"ry\ (ch[e^]r"r[y^]), noun [OE. chery, for cherys, fr. F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L. cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. keraso's, perh. fr. ke'ras 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; {Prunus Virginiana} (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; {Prunus avium} and {Prunus 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} ({Capsicum 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cherry \Cher"ry\ (ch[e^]r"r[y^]), adjective Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cherry
adjective: 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}]
noun
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)
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Cherry, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois Population (2000): 509 Housing Units (2000): 220 Land area (2000): 0.538056 sq. miles (1.393559 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.538056 sq. miles (1.393559 sq. km) FIPS code: 12970 Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17 Location: 41.426628 N, 89.212422 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Cherry, IL Cherry
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Cherry -- U.S. County in Nebraska Population (2000): 6148 Housing Units (2000): 3220 Land area (2000): 5960.522867 sq. miles (15437.682699 sq. km) Water area (2000): 49.019880 sq. miles (126.960902 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6009.542747 sq. miles (15564.643601 sq. km) Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31 Location: 42.651785 N, 101.147203 W Headwords: Cherry Cherry, NE Cherry County Cherry County, NE
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