— ciderish, ciderlike , adj.
/suy"deuhr/ , n.
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, Brit., cyder .
[ 1250-1300; ME sidre si ( s ) dre sicera strong drink síkera shekhar (Levit. 10:9); r. ME sithere sidre ]