Dictionary entry

Pippin

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pip″pin (?), n. [Probably fr. OE. pippin a seed, as being raised from the seed. See Pip a seed.] (Bot.) (a) An apple from a tree raised from the seed and not grafted; a seedling apple. (b) A name given to apples of several different kinds, as Newtown pippin, summer pippin, fall pippin, golden pippin.

We will eat a last year's pippin. Shak.

Normandy pippins, sun-dried apples for winter use.