Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A kind of pear that has a rough, astringent taste, and is swallowed with difficulty, or which contracts the mucous membrane of the mouth.
- Low A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that can not be answered.
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- noun A
torture device consisting of ametal body (usuallypear -shaped) divided intospoon -like segments that can bespread apart by turning ascrew . - noun A kind of
pear with a rough,astringent taste, difficult toswallow . - noun archaic, vulgar A
sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that cannot be answered.
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