Dictionary definition: APPLE PIPS pressed on cheek/forehead: divination

Dictionary definition: APPLE PIPS, burning: divination
A Dictionary of Superstitions;      429 words ...APPLE PIPS, burning: divination 1849 HALLIWELL Popular Rhymes 224. I remember throwing apple-pips into the fire, saying ‘If you love me, pop and fly, If you hate me, lay and die,’ addressing an imaginary love, or ...

Dictionary definition: APPLE PIPS, squeezing: divination
A Dictionary of Superstitions;      443 words ...APPLE PIPS, squeezing: divination 1844 BARNES Poems in Dorset Dialect 319–20 [fruit-pip kernel] Sometimes shot from between ...

Article: Apple pips Gates in multimedia coup.
The Birmingham Post (England);  March 24, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Apple has beaten Microsoft in a contest to produce a multimedia technology which will form the basis for the next generation of universal standards. Creative enterprise computing, a stronghold of die-hard Macintosh users, will be the sector to benefit from the universal adoption of Apple's

Article: Apple pips 3bn online song sales
Evening Standard - London;  July 31, 2007 ;     227 words ...APPLE has sold more than three billion songs online. The company has dominated online music sales, and is believed to have around 80 per cent of the British market. However, it has faced competition from illegal downloads. Apple has also enjoyed huge success with its combined iPod and mobile phone.

Article: Apple pips 3bn online song sales ; News in brief
Evening Standard - London;  July 31, 2007 ;     230 words ...APPLE has sold more than three billion songs online. The company has dominated online music sales, and is believed to have around 80 per cent of the British market. However, it has faced competition from illegal downloads. Apple has also enjoyed huge success with its combined iPod and mobile phone..

Article: Apple pips Apple
The Hindustan Times;  May 9, 2006 ;     493 words ...NEW DELHI, India, May 9 -- An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but two 'Apples' in the same earthly bushel can create some rotten vibes. The Beatles had set up Apple Corp in 1968 during a phase in their career when they thought that being four superstars would lead to the next stage of

Article: Apple pips its rivals with the iPod that talks
Scotland on Sunday;  July 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ...FROM Walkman to Talkman. Not content with changing the world's music-listening habits, Apple has come up with another innovation: the talking iPod. A new generation of machines will use sophisticated software to convert the names of bands, albums and individual tracks into recognisable speech. The