The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cider \Ci"der\, n. [F. cidre, OF. sidre, fr. L. sicera a kind of strong drink, Gr. ?; of Oriental origin; cf. Heb. sh[=a]kar to be intoxicated, sh[=e]k[=a]r strong drink.] The expressed juice of apples. It is used as a beverage, for making vinegar, and for other purposes.
Note: Cider was formerly used to signify the juice of other fruits, and other kinds of strong liquor, but was not applied to wine.
Cider brandy, a kind of brandy distilled from cider.
Cider mill, a mill in which cider is made.
Cider press, the press of a cider mill.
Usage examples of "cider press".
He rehung a door in the dairy, remade the bed of the cider press and repaired the kitchen chairs.
When so many men had been away at the wars it had been Lucille who ran the farm, the cider press, the mill, the dairy, and the chateau.
Even more cheering, I could see from my vantage point where my road crested the hill that the mill wheel was being used to power a cider press at the side of the building.
The smell of burned powder and burned flesh was clear and crisp, as distinctive as apples in a cider press.