corinth

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English

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Etymology

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From Corinth, the Greek city. Compare currant.

Noun

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corinth (plural corinths)

  1. (obsolete) A small fruit; a currant.
    • 1706, John Evelyn, Silva, Or a Discourse of Forest-trees[1], page 212:
      To these some add Corinths plump’d in Milk, or boil’d therein, Sugar, Spice at Discretion, and stirring it all together over the Fire, bake it in a Tart-Pan.

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