† deusan, deuzan Obs.
Also dewsant, dewzin, deux ans.
[for F. deux ans two years.]
A kind of apple said to keep two years; = apple-John.
| 1570 in Gutch Coll. Cur. II. 8 For xx Dewsants..viijd. For xij Pippines..xijd. 1609 N. F. Fruiterers' Secr. 24 Especially Pippins, John Apples, or as some call them Dewzins. 1620 Venner Via Recta vii. 109 Such are our Queene-apples..and next our Rosiars, Pear-maines and Pippins, Deusans, &c. 1635 Quarles Embl. v. ii, 'Tis not the lasting deuzan I require, Nor yet the red-cheek'd queening. 1741 Compl. Fam. Piece ii. iii. 377 Apples [June], Oaken Pin, Deux Ans or John Apple. |