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cy⋅der

  [sahy-der]
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–noun British.
cider.

ci⋅der

  [sahy-der]
–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, cyder.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME sidre < MF < OF si(s)dre < LL sīcera strong drink < Septuagint Gk skera < Heb shēkhār (Levit. 10:9); r. ME sithere < OF sidre

Related forms:
ci⋅der⋅ish, ci⋅der⋅like, adjective
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cy·der   (sī'dər)   
n.   Chiefly British
Variant of cider.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

cider 
c.1280, from O.Fr. sidre, var. of sisdre, from L.L. sicera, Vulgate rendition of Heb. shekhar, word used for any strong drink (translated in O.E. as beor). Meaning gradually narrowed to mean exclusively "fermented drink made from apples," though this sense was present in O.Fr.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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