Obs. [Of obscure origin.] A kind of apple, and the cider made from it: = STIRE.
1708. J. Philips, Cyder, II. 351. Stirom, firmest Fruit, Embottled (long as Priameian Troy Withstood the Greeks) endures, e’er justly mild.
1740. Somerville, Hobbinol, I. (1749), 45. Slumb’ring secure, with Stirom well bedew’d, Fallacious cask.
