hard cider
noun
See under cider.
Origin of hard cider
An Americanism dating back to 1780–90
Words nearby hard cider
hard candy,
hard case,
hard cash,
hard chancre,
hard cheese,
hard cider,
hard clam,
hard coal,
hard copy,
hard core,
hard corn
Definition for hard cider (2 of 2)
cider
[ sahy-der ]
/ ˈsaɪ dər /
noun
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider), or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
Also
British,
cy·der.
Origin of cider
1250–1300; Middle English
sidre < Middle French < Old French
si(s)dre < Late Latin
sīcera strong drink < Septuagint Greek
sī́kera < Hebrew
shēkhār (Levit. 10:9); replacing Middle English
sithere < Old French
sidre
OTHER WORDS FROM cider
ci·der·ish, ci·der·like, adjectiveExample sentences from the Web for hard cider
I wish you'd been here in the hard-cider and log-cabin times, and you'd a seen reason and philosophy, as you call it!
The Chainbearer |J. Fenimore CooperAnother proof of the fact was the barrel of hard-cider which lay under the cabin window.
A Boy's Town |W. D. HowellsThe log-cabin and hard-cider watchwords were born of a taunt, like the "Gueux" of the Netherlands.
"I saw old Ike Bradley go past here with a hard-cider jag that looped over till its aidges dragged on the ground," he explained.
The Skipper and the Skipped |Holman Day
British Dictionary definitions for hard cider (1 of 2)
cider
cyder
/ (ˈsaɪdə) /
noun
Also called (US): hard cider
an alcoholic drink made from the fermented juice of apples
Also called: sweet cider US and Canadian
an unfermented drink made from apple juice
Word Origin for cider
C14: from Old French
cisdre, via Medieval Latin, from Late Greek
sikera strong drink, from Hebrew
shēkhār