Also 8–9 styre, 9 stere. [Of obscure origin. Cf. the synonymous STIROM.] A kind of cider apple; also the cider made from it. Also attrib.
1699. in Chesh. Gloss., s.v., [The lessor] shall enjoy … one measure of apples or crabs commonly called stires, [etc.].
1743. Lond. & Country Brewer, III. (ed. 2), 246. In bottling their Styre Cyder.
1754. Compleat Cyderman, 66. Others [said] that the Styre Apple makes the best Cyder.
1826. Art of Brewing (ed. 2), 167. Stire cider, in the same state, sells for £5.
1853. Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc., XIV. II. 446. Some sort of apples, as the ‘stere’ and ‘Haglor crab,’ in very dry seasons will only yield 1 hogshead of juice to 3 of fruit.
