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Pippin (gcide) | Pippin \Pip"pin\, n. [Probably fr. OE. pippin a seed, as being
    raised from the seed. See Pip a seed.] (Bot.)
    (a) An apple from a tree raised from the seed and not
        grafted; a seedling apple.
    (b) A name given to apples of several different kinds, as
        Newtown pippin, summer pippin, fall pippin, golden
        pippin.
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              We will eat a last year's pippin.    --Shak.
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    Normandy pippins, sun-dried apples for winter use.
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pippin (wn) | Pippin
     n 1: any of numerous superior eating apples with yellow or
          greenish yellow skin flushed with red |  
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Golden pippin (gcide) | Golden \Gold"en\ (g[=o]ld"'n), a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden,
    AS. gylden, from gold. See Gold, and cf. Guilder.]
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    1. Made of gold; consisting of gold.
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    2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain.
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    3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently
       auspicious; as, golden opinions.
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    Golden age.
       (a) The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of
           manners in rural employments, followed by the {silver
           age}, bronze age, and iron age. --Dryden.
       (b) (Roman Literature) The best part (B. C. 81 -- A. D.
           14) of the classical period of Latinity; the time when
           Cicero, C[ae]sar, Virgil, etc., wrote. Hence:
       (c) That period in the history of a literature, etc., when
           it flourishes in its greatest purity or attains its
           greatest glory; as, the Elizabethan age has been
           considered the golden age of English literature.
 
    Golden balls, three gilt balls used as a sign of a
       pawnbroker's office or shop; -- originally taken from the
       coat of arms of Lombardy, the first money lenders in
       London having been Lombards.
 
    Golden bull. See under Bull, an edict.
 
    Golden chain (Bot.), the shrub Cytisus Laburnum, so named
       from its long clusters of yellow blossoms.
 
    Golden club (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Orontium
       aquaticum}), bearing a thick spike of minute yellow
       flowers.
 
    Golden cup (Bot.), the buttercup.
 
    Golden eagle (Zool.), a large and powerful eagle ({Aquila
       Chrysa["e]tos}) inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North
       America. It is so called from the brownish yellow tips of
       the feathers on the head and neck. A dark variety is
       called the royal eagle; the young in the second year is
       the ring-tailed eagle.
 
    Golden fleece.
       (a) (Mythol.) The fleece of gold fabled to have been taken
           from the ram that bore Phryxus through the air to
           Colchis, and in quest of which Jason undertook the
           Argonautic expedition.
       (b) (Her.) An order of knighthood instituted in 1429 by
           Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; -- called also
           Toison d'Or.
 
    Golden grease, a bribe; a fee. [Slang]
 
    Golden hair (Bot.), a South African shrubby composite plant
       with golden yellow flowers, the Chrysocoma Coma-aurea.
       
 
    Golden Horde (Hist.), a tribe of Mongolian Tartars who
       overran and settled in Southern Russia early in the 18th
       century.
 
    Golden Legend, a hagiology (the "Aurea Legenda") written by
       James de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, in the 13th
       century, translated and printed by Caxton in 1483, and
       partially paraphrased by Longfellow in a poem thus
       entitled.
 
    Golden marcasite tin. [Obs.]
 
    Golden mean, the way of wisdom and safety between extremes;
       sufficiency without excess; moderation.
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             Angels guard him in the golden mean.  --Pope.
 
    Golden mole (Zool), one of several South African
       Insectivora of the family Chrysochlorid[ae], resembling
       moles in form and habits. The fur is tinted with green,
       purple, and gold.
 
    Golden number (Chronol.), a number showing the year of the
       lunar or Metonic cycle. It is reckoned from 1 to 19, and
       is so called from having formerly been written in the
       calendar in gold.
 
    Golden oriole. (Zool.) See Oriole.
 
    Golden pheasant. See under Pheasant.
 
    Golden pippin, a kind of apple, of a bright yellow color.
       
 
    Golden plover (Zool.), one of several species of plovers,
       of the genus Charadrius, esp. the European ({Charadrius
       apricarius}, syn. Charadrius pluvialis; -- called also
       yellow plover, black-breasted plover, hill plover,
       and whistling plover. The common American species
       (Charadrius dominicus) is also called frostbird, and
       bullhead.
 
    Golden robin. (Zool.) See Baltimore oriole, in Vocab.
 
    Golden rose (R. C. Ch.), a gold or gilded rose blessed by
       the pope on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and sent to some
       church or person in recognition of special services
       rendered to the Holy See.
 
    Golden rule.
       (a) The rule of doing as we would have others do to us.
           Cf. --Luke vi. 31.
       (b) The rule of proportion, or rule of three.
 
    Golden samphire (Bot.), a composite plant ({Inula
       crithmoides}), found on the seashore of Europe.
 
    Golden saxifrage (Bot.), a low herb with yellow flowers
       (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium), blossoming in wet
       places in early spring.
 
    Golden seal (Bot.), a perennial ranunculaceous herb
       (Hydrastis Canadensis), with a thick knotted rootstock
       and large rounded leaves.
 
    Golden sulphide of antimony, or {Golden sulphuret of
    antimony} (Chem.), the pentasulphide of antimony, a golden or
       orange yellow powder.
 
    Golden warbler (Zool.), a common American wood warbler
       (Dendroica [ae]stiva); -- called also {blue-eyed yellow
       warbler}, garden warbler, and summer yellow bird.
 
    Golden wasp (Zool.), a bright-colored hymenopterous insect,
       of the family Chrysidid[ae]. The colors are golden,
       blue, and green.
 
    Golden wedding. See under Wedding.
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Normandy pippins (gcide) | Pippin \Pip"pin\, n. [Probably fr. OE. pippin a seed, as being
    raised from the seed. See Pip a seed.] (Bot.)
    (a) An apple from a tree raised from the seed and not
        grafted; a seedling apple.
    (b) A name given to apples of several different kinds, as
        Newtown pippin, summer pippin, fall pippin, golden
        pippin.
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              We will eat a last year's pippin.    --Shak.
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    Normandy pippins, sun-dried apples for winter use.
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Orange pippin (gcide) | Orange \Or"ange\ ([o^]r"[e^]nj), n. [F.; cf. It. arancia,
    arancio, LL. arangia, Sp. naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar.
    n[=a]ranj, Per. n[=a]ranj, n[=a]rang; cf. Skr. n[=a]ranga
    orange tree. The o- in F. orange is due to confusion with or
    gold, L. aurum, because the orange resembles gold in color.]
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    1. The fruit of a tree of the genus Citrus ({Citrus
       Aurantium}). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy
       carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery
       rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow
       when ripe.
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    Note: There are numerous varieties of oranges; as, the
          bitter orange, which is supposed to be the original
          stock; the navel orange, which has the rudiment of a
          second orange imbedded in the top of the fruit; the
          blood orange, with a reddish juice; and the {horned
          orange}, in which the carpels are partly separated.
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    2. (Bot.) The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree.
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    3. The color of an orange; reddish yellow.
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    Mandarin orange. See Mandarin.
 
    Mock orange (Bot.), any species of shrubs of the genus
       Philadelphus, which have whitish and often fragrant
       blossoms.
 
    Native orange, or Orange thorn (Bot.), an Australian
       shrub (Citriobatus parviflorus); also, its edible yellow
       berries.
 
    Orange bird (Zool.), a tanager of Jamaica (Tanagra zena);
       -- so called from its bright orange breast.
 
    Orange cowry (Zool.), a large, handsome cowry ({Cypraea
       aurantia}), highly valued by collectors of shells on
       account of its rarity.
 
    Orange grass (Bot.), an inconspicuous annual American plant
       (Hypericum Sarothra), having minute, deep yellow
       flowers.
 
    Orange oil (Chem.), an oily, terpenelike substance obtained
       from orange rind, and distinct from neroli oil, which is
       obtained from the flowers.
 
    Orange pekoe, a kind of black tea.
 
    Orange pippin, an orange-colored apple with acid flavor.
 
    Quito orange, the orangelike fruit of a shrubby species of
       nightshade (Solanum Quitoense), native in Quito.
 
    Orange scale (Zool.) any species of scale insects which
       infests orange trees; especially, the purple scale
       (Mytilaspis citricola), the long scale ({Mytilaspis
       Gloveri}), and the red scale (Aspidiotus Aurantii).
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Pippin (gcide) | Pippin \Pip"pin\, n. [Probably fr. OE. pippin a seed, as being
    raised from the seed. See Pip a seed.] (Bot.)
    (a) An apple from a tree raised from the seed and not
        grafted; a seedling apple.
    (b) A name given to apples of several different kinds, as
        Newtown pippin, summer pippin, fall pippin, golden
        pippin.
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              We will eat a last year's pippin.    --Shak.
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    Normandy pippins, sun-dried apples for winter use.
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Pipping (gcide) | Pip \Pip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pipped; p. pr. & vb. n.
    Pipping.] [See Peep.]
    To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep.
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          To hear the chick pip and cry in the egg. --Boyle.
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