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slovo definícia peach (mass) peach - broskyňa peach (encz) peach,broskev n: peach (encz) peach,donášet v: [slang.] Martin Král peach (encz) peach,udat v: Zdeněk Brož peach (encz) peach,žalovat v: [slang.] Martin Král Peach (gcide) Peach \Peach\ (p[=e]ch), v. t. [See Appeach, Impeach.] To accuse of crime; to inform against. [Obs.] --Foxe. [1913 Webster] Peach (gcide) Peach \Peach\, v. i. To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice. [Obs. or Colloq.] [1913 Webster] If I be ta'en, I'll peach for this. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Peach (gcide) Peach \Peach\ (p[=e]ch), n. [OE. peche, peshe, OF. pesche, F. p[^e]che, fr. LL. persia, L. Persicum (sc. malum) a Persian apple, a peach. Cf. Persian, and Parsee.] 1. (Bot.) A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone. In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible. [1913 Webster] 2. The tree (Prunus Persica syn. Amygdalus Persica) which bears the peach fruit. [1913 Webster] 3. The pale red color of the peach blossom, or the light pinkish yellow of the peach fruit. [PJC] Guinea peach, or Sierra Leone peach, the large edible berry of the Sarcocephalus esculentus, a rubiaceous climbing shrub of west tropical Africa. Palm peach, the fruit of a Venezuelan palm tree ({Bactris speciosa}). Peach color, the pale red color of the peach blossom. Peach-tree borer (Zool.), the larva of a clearwing moth (Aegeria exitiosa, or Sannina, exitiosa) of the family Aegeriidae, which is very destructive to peach trees by boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the moth itself. See Illust. under Borer. [1913 Webster] peach (wn) peach n 1: cultivated in temperate regions [syn: peach, {peach tree}, Prunus persica] 2: a very attractive or seductive looking woman [syn: smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish] 3: downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh 4: a shade of pink tinged with yellow [syn: yellowish pink, apricot, peach, salmon pink] v 1: divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful-- his secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, {let the cat out of the bag}, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out] [ant: {keep one's mouth shut}, keep quiet, shut one's mouth]

podobné slovo definícia impeachment (mass) impeachment - obvinenie peach (mass) peach - broskyňa unimpeachable (mass) unimpeachable - spoľahlivý green peach aphid (encz) green peach aphid, n: impeach (encz) impeach,obvinit Jaroslav Šedivýimpeach,zpochybnit v: kavol impeachability (encz) impeachability, n: impeachable (encz) impeachable,obvinitelný adj: Zdeněk Brožimpeachable,žalovatelný adj: Zdeněk Brož impeacher (encz) impeacher,žalobce n: Zdeněk Brož impeaches (encz) impeaches, impeachment (encz) impeachment,obžaloba n: Zdeněk Brož native peach (encz) native peach, n: negro peach (encz) negro peach, n: peach (encz) peach,broskev n: peach,donášet v: [slang.] Martin Králpeach,udat v: Zdeněk Brožpeach,žalovat v: [slang.] Martin Král peach bell (encz) peach bell, n: peach bells (encz) peach bells, n: peach blight (encz) peach blight, n: peach ice cream (encz) peach ice cream,broskvová zmrzlina Michal Burda peach melba (encz) peach melba, n: peach orchard (encz) peach orchard, n: peach pit (encz) peach pit, n: peach sauce (encz) peach sauce, n: peach tree (encz) peach tree, n: peach-leaved willow (encz) peach-leaved willow, n: peach-wood (encz) peach-wood, n: peaches (encz) peaches,broskve n: pl. peaches-and-cream (encz) peaches-and-cream, peachick (encz) peachick, n: peachleaf willow (encz) peachleaf willow, n: peachtree (encz) Peachtree,broskvoň n: [jmén.] Martin Král peachwood (encz) peachwood, n: peachy (encz) peachy,broskvový adj: Zdeněk Brožpeachy,skvělý adj: Zdeněk Brož unimpeachable (encz) unimpeachable,bezúhonný adj: Zdeněk Brožunimpeachable,nežalovatelný adj: Zdeněk Brožunimpeachable,spolehlivý adj: Zdeněk Brož unimpeachably (encz) unimpeachably, adv: wild peach (encz) wild peach, n: Appeach (gcide) Appeach \Ap*peach"\, v. t. [OE. apechen, for empechen, OF. empeechier, F. emp[^e]cher, to hinder. See Impeach.] To impeach; to accuse; to asperse; to inform against; to reproach. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] And oft of error did himself appeach. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Appeacher (gcide) Appeacher \Ap*peach"er\, n. An accuser. [Obs.] --Raleigh. [1913 Webster] Appeachment (gcide) Appeachment \Ap*peach"ment\, n. Accusation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Articles of impeachment (gcide) Impeachment \Im*peach"ment\, n. [Cf. F. emp[^e]chement.] The act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached; as: (a) Hindrance; impediment; obstruction. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Willing to march on to Calais, Without impeachment. --Shak. (b) A calling to account; arraignment; especially, of a public officer for maladministration. [1913 Webster] The consequence of Coriolanus' impeachment had like to have been fatal to their state. --Swift. (c) A calling in question as to purity of motives, rectitude of conduct, credibility, etc.; accusation; reproach; as, an impeachment of motives. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Note: In England, it is the privilege or right of the House of Commons to impeach, and the right of the House of Lords to try and determine impeachments. In the United States, it is the right of the House of Representatives to impeach, and of the Senate to try and determine impeachments. [1913 Webster] Articles of impeachment. See under Article. Impeachment of waste (Law), restraint from, or accountability for, injury; also, a suit for damages for injury. --Abbott. [1913 Webster]Article \Ar"ti*cle\, n. [F., fr. L. articulus, dim. of artus joint, akin to Gr. ?, fr. a root ar to join, fit. See Art, n.] 1. A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article in the Constitution. Hence: A clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a contract; a concise statement; as, articles of agreement. [1913 Webster] 2. A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia. [1913 Webster] 3. Subject; matter; concern; distinct. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A very great revolution that happened in this article of good breeding. --Addison. [1913 Webster] This last article will hardly be believed. --De Foe. [1913 Webster] 4. A distinct part. "Upon each article of human duty." --Paley. "Each article of time." --Habington. [1913 Webster] The articles which compose the blood. --E. Darwin. [1913 Webster] 5. A particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article. [1913 Webster] They would fight not for articles of faith, but for articles of food. --Landor. [1913 Webster] 6. Precise point of time; moment. [Obs. or Archaic] [1913 Webster] This fatal news coming to Hick's Hall upon the article of my Lord Russell's trial, was said to have had no little influence on the jury and all the bench to his prejudice. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster] 7. (Gram.) One of the three words, a, an, the, used before nouns to limit or define their application. A (or an) is called the indefinite article, the the definite article. [1913 Webster] 8. (Zool.) One of the segments of an articulated appendage. [1913 Webster] Articles of Confederation, the compact which was first made by the original thirteen States of the United States. They were adopted March 1, 1781, and remained the supreme law until March, 1789. Articles of impeachment, an instrument which, in cases of impeachment, performs the same office which an indictment does in a common criminal case. Articles of war, rules and regulations, fixed by law, for the better government of the army. In the article of death [L. in articulo mortis], at the moment of death; in the dying struggle. Lords of the articles (Scot. Hist.), a standing committee of the Scottish Parliament to whom was intrusted the drafting and preparation of the acts, or bills for laws. The Thirty-nine Articles, statements (thirty-nine in number) of the tenets held by the Church of England. [1913 Webster] Campeachy wood (gcide) Logwood \Log"wood`\n. [So called from being imported in logs.] The heartwood of a tree (H[ae]matoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called h[ae]matoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called Campeachy wood, and bloodwood. [1913 Webster]Campeachy Wood \Cam*peach"y Wood`\ [From the bay of Campeachy, in Mexico.] Logwood. [1913 Webster] Campeachy Wood (gcide) Logwood \Log"wood`\n. [So called from being imported in logs.] The heartwood of a tree (H[ae]matoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called h[ae]matoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called Campeachy wood, and bloodwood. [1913 Webster]Campeachy Wood \Cam*peach"y Wood`\ [From the bay of Campeachy, in Mexico.] Logwood. [1913 Webster] Depeach (gcide) Depeach \De*peach"\, v. t. [L. d['e]p[^e]cher. See Dispatch.] To discharge. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] As soon as the party . . . before our justices shall be depeached. --Hakluyt. [1913 Webster] Empeach (gcide) Empeach \Em*peach"\, v. t. To hinder. See Impeach. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Guinea peach (gcide) Guinea \Guin"ea\ (g[i^]n"[-e]), n. 1. A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named. [1913 Webster] 2. A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the issue of sovereigns in 1817. [1913 Webster] The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of which it was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663, and to go for twenty shillings; but it never went for less than twenty-one shillings. --Pinkerton. [1913 Webster] Guinea corn. (Bot.) See Durra. Guinea Current (Geog.), a current in the Atlantic Ocean setting southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of Guinea. Guinea dropper one who cheats by dropping counterfeit guineas. [Obs.] --Gay. Guinea fowl, Guinea hen (Zool.), an African gallinaceous bird, of the genus Numida, allied to the pheasants. The common domesticated species (Numida meleagris), has a colored fleshy horn on each aide of the head, and is of a dark gray color, variegated with small white spots. The crested Guinea fowl (Numida cristata) is a finer species. Guinea grains (Bot.), grains of Paradise, or amomum. See Amomum. Guinea grass (Bot.), a tall strong forage grass ({Panicum jumentorum}) introduced. from Africa into the West Indies and Southern United States. Guinea-hen flower (Bot.), a liliaceous flower ({Fritillaria Meleagris}) with petals spotted like the feathers of the Guinea hen. Guinea peach. See under Peach. Guinea pepper (Bot.), the pods of the Xylopia aromatica, a tree of the order Anonace[ae], found in tropical West Africa. They are also sold under the name of {Piper aethiopicum}. Guinea plum (Bot.), the fruit of Parinarium excelsum, a large West African tree of the order Chrysobalane[ae], having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum, which is also called gray plum and rough-skin plum. Guinea worm (Zool.), a long and slender African nematoid worm (Filaria Medinensis) of a white color. It lives in the cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces painful sores. [1913 Webster]Peach \Peach\ (p[=e]ch), n. [OE. peche, peshe, OF. pesche, F. p[^e]che, fr. LL. persia, L. Persicum (sc. malum) a Persian apple, a peach. Cf. Persian, and Parsee.] 1. (Bot.) A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone. In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible. [1913 Webster] 2. The tree (Prunus Persica syn. Amygdalus Persica) which bears the peach fruit. [1913 Webster] 3. The pale red color of the peach blossom, or the light pinkish yellow of the peach fruit. [PJC] Guinea peach, or Sierra Leone peach, the large edible berry of the Sarcocephalus esculentus, a rubiaceous climbing shrub of west tropical Africa. Palm peach, the fruit of a Venezuelan palm tree ({Bactris speciosa}). Peach color, the pale red color of the peach blossom. Peach-tree borer (Zool.), the larva of a clearwing moth (Aegeria exitiosa, or Sannina, exitiosa) of the family Aegeriidae, which is very destructive to peach trees by boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the moth itself. See Illust. under Borer. [1913 Webster] Impeach (gcide) Impeach \Im*peach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impeached; p. pr. & vb. n. Impeaching.] [OE. empeechier to prevent, hinder, bar, F. emp[^e]cher, L. impedicare to entangle; pref. im- in + pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and Appeach, Dispatch, Impede.] 1. To hinder; to impede; to prevent. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster] A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance. --Howell. [1913 Webster] 2. To charge with a crime or misdemeanor; to accuse; especially to charge (a public officer), before a competent tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite before a tribunal for judgment of official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See Impeachment. [1913 Webster] 3. Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's motives or conduct. [1913 Webster] And doth impeach the freedom of the state. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. (Law) To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper. [1913 Webster] Note: When used in law with reference to a witness, the term signifies, to discredit, to show or prove unreliable or unworthy of belief; when used in reference to the credit of witness, the term denotes, to impair, to lessen, to disparage, to destroy. The credit of a witness may be impeached by showing that he has made statements out of court contradictory to what he swears at the trial, or by showing that his reputation for veracity is bad, etc. Syn: To accuse; arraign; censure; criminate; indict; impair; disparage; discredit. See Accuse. [1913 Webster]Impeach \Im*peach"\, n. Hindrance; impeachment. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Impeachable (gcide) Impeachable \Im*peach"a*ble\, a. That may be impeached; liable to impeachment; chargeable with a crime. [1913 Webster] Owners of lands in fee simple are not impeachable for waste. --Z. Swift. [1913 Webster] Impeached (gcide) Impeach \Im*peach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impeached; p. pr. & vb. n. Impeaching.] [OE. empeechier to prevent, hinder, bar, F. emp[^e]cher, L. impedicare to entangle; pref. im- in + pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and Appeach, Dispatch, Impede.] 1. To hinder; to impede; to prevent. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster] A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance. --Howell. [1913 Webster] 2. To charge with a crime or misdemeanor; to accuse; especially to charge (a public officer), before a competent tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite before a tribunal for judgment of official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See Impeachment. [1913 Webster] 3. Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's motives or conduct. [1913 Webster] And doth impeach the freedom of the state. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. (Law) To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper. [1913 Webster] Note: When used in law with reference to a witness, the term signifies, to discredit, to show or prove unreliable or unworthy of belief; when used in reference to the credit of witness, the term denotes, to impair, to lessen, to disparage, to destroy. The credit of a witness may be impeached by showing that he has made statements out of court contradictory to what he swears at the trial, or by showing that his reputation for veracity is bad, etc. Syn: To accuse; arraign; censure; criminate; indict; impair; disparage; discredit. See Accuse. [1913 Webster] Impeacher (gcide) Impeacher \Im*peach"er\, n. One who impeaches. [1913 Webster] Impeaching (gcide) Impeach \Im*peach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impeached; p. pr. & vb. n. Impeaching.] [OE. empeechier to prevent, hinder, bar, F. emp[^e]cher, L. impedicare to entangle; pref. im- in + pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and Appeach, Dispatch, Impede.] 1. To hinder; to impede; to prevent. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster] A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance. --Howell. [1913 Webster] 2. To charge with a crime or misdemeanor; to accuse; especially to charge (a public officer), before a competent tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite before a tribunal for judgment of official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See Impeachment. [1913 Webster] 3. Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's motives or conduct. [1913 Webster] And doth impeach the freedom of the state. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. (Law) To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper. [1913 Webster] Note: When used in law with reference to a witness, the term signifies, to discredit, to show or prove unreliable or unworthy of belief; when used in reference to the credit of witness, the term denotes, to impair, to lessen, to disparage, to destroy. The credit of a witness may be impeached by showing that he has made statements out of court contradictory to what he swears at the trial, or by showing that his reputation for veracity is bad, etc. Syn: To accuse; arraign; censure; criminate; indict; impair; disparage; discredit. See Accuse. [1913 Webster] Impeachment (gcide) Impeachment \Im*peach"ment\, n. [Cf. F. emp[^e]chement.] The act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached; as: (a) Hindrance; impediment; obstruction. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Willing to march on to Calais, Without impeachment. --Shak. (b) A calling to account; arraignment; especially, of a public officer for maladministration. [1913 Webster] The consequence of Coriolanus' impeachment had like to have been fatal to their state. --Swift. (c) A calling in question as to purity of motives, rectitude of conduct, credibility, etc.; accusation; reproach; as, an impeachment of motives. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Note: In England, it is the privilege or right of the House of Commons to impeach, and the right of the House of Lords to try and determine impeachments. In the United States, it is the right of the House of Representatives to impeach, and of the Senate to try and determine impeachments. [1913 Webster] Articles of impeachment. See under Article. Impeachment of waste (Law), restraint from, or accountability for, injury; also, a suit for damages for injury. --Abbott. [1913 Webster] Impeachment of waste (gcide) Impeachment \Im*peach"ment\, n. [Cf. F. emp[^e]chement.] The act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached; as: (a) Hindrance; impediment; obstruction. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Willing to march on to Calais, Without impeachment. --Shak. (b) A calling to account; arraignment; especially, of a public officer for maladministration. [1913 Webster] The consequence of Coriolanus' impeachment had like to have been fatal to their state. --Swift. (c) A calling in question as to purity of motives, rectitude of conduct, credibility, etc.; accusation; reproach; as, an impeachment of motives. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Note: In England, it is the privilege or right of the House of Commons to impeach, and the right of the House of Lords to try and determine impeachments. In the United States, it is the right of the House of Representatives to impeach, and of the Senate to try and determine impeachments. [1913 Webster] Articles of impeachment. See under Article. Impeachment of waste (Law), restraint from, or accountability for, injury; also, a suit for damages for injury. --Abbott. [1913 Webster] Little peach (gcide) Little \Lit"tle\ (l[i^]t"t'l), a. [The regular comparative and superlative of this word, littler and littlest, are often used as comparatives of the sense small; but in the sense few, less, or, rarely, lesser is the proper comparative and least is the superlative. See Lesser. The regular form, littlest, occurs also in some of the English provinces, and occasionally in colloquial language. " Where love is great, the littlest doubts are fear." --Shak.] [OE. litel, lutel, AS. l[=y]tel, l[imac]tel, l[=y]t; akin to OS. littil, D. luttel, LG. l["u]tt, OHG. luzzil, MHG. l["u]tzel; and perh. to AS. lytig deceitful, lot deceit, Goth. liuts deceitful, lut[=o]n to deceive; cf. also Icel. l[imac]till little, Sw. liten, Dan. liden, lille, Goth. leitils, which appear to have a different root vowel.] 1. Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child. [1913 Webster] He sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. --Luke xix. 3. [1913 Webster] 2. Short in duration; brief; as, a little sleep. [1913 Webster] Best him enough: after a little time, I'll beat him too. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Small in quantity or amount; not much; as, a little food; a little air or water. [1913 Webster] Conceited of their little wisdoms, and doting upon their own fancies. --Barrow. [1913 Webster] 4. Small in dignity, power, or importance; not great; insignificant; contemptible. [1913 Webster] When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes? --I Sam. xv. 17. [1913 Webster] 5. Small in force or efficiency; not strong; weak; slight; inconsiderable; as, little attention or exertion;little effort; little care or diligence. [1913 Webster] By sad experiment I know How little weight my words with thee can find. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 6. Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous. [1913 Webster] The long-necked geese of the world that are ever hissing dispraise, Because their natures are little. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] Little chief. (Zool.) See Chief hare. Little Englander, an Englishman opposed to territorial expansion of the British Empire. See Antiimperialism, above. Hence: Little Englandism. Little finger, the fourth and smallest finger of the hand. Little go (Eng. Universities), a public examination about the middle of the course, which is less strict and important than the final one; -- called also smalls. Cf. Great go, under Great. --Thackeray. Little hours (R. C. Ch.), the offices of prime, tierce, sext, and nones. Vespers and compline are sometimes included. Little-neck clam, or Little neck (Zool.), the quahog, or round clam. Little ones, young children. [1913 Webster] The men, and the women, and the little ones. --Deut. ii. 34. [1913 Webster] Little peach, a disease of peaches in which the fruit is much dwarfed, and the leaves grow small and thin. The cause is not known. Little Rhod"y, Rhode Island; -- a nickname alluding to its small size. It is the smallest State of the United States. Little Sisters of the Poor (R. C. Ch.), an order of women who care for old men and women and infirm poor, for whom special houses are built. It was established at St. Servan, Britany, France, in 1840, by the Abb['e] Le Pailleur. Little slam (Bridge Whist), the winning of 12 out of the 13 tricks. It counts 20 points on the honor score. Contrasted with grand slam. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Palm peach (gcide) Peach \Peach\ (p[=e]ch), n. [OE. peche, peshe, OF. pesche, F. p[^e]che, fr. LL. persia, L. Persicum (sc. malum) a Persian apple, a peach. Cf. Persian, and Parsee.] 1. (Bot.) A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone. In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible. [1913 Webster] 2. The tree (Prunus Persica syn. Amygdalus Persica) which bears the peach fruit. [1913 Webster] 3. The pale red color of the peach blossom, or the light pinkish yellow of the peach fruit. [PJC] Guinea peach, or Sierra Leone peach, the large edible berry of the Sarcocephalus esculentus, a rubiaceous climbing shrub of west tropical Africa. Palm peach, the fruit of a Venezuelan palm tree ({Bactris speciosa}). Peach color, the pale red color of the peach blossom. Peach-tree borer (Zool.), the larva of a clearwing moth (Aegeria exitiosa, or Sannina, exitiosa) of the family Aegeriidae, which is very destructive to peach trees by boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the moth itself. See Illust. under Borer. [1913 Webster] Peach color (gcide) Peach \Peach\ (p[=e]ch), n. [OE. peche, peshe, OF. pesche, F. p[^e]che, fr. LL. persia, L. Persicum (sc. malum) a Persian apple, a peach. Cf. Persian, and Parsee.] 1. (Bot.) A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone. In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible. [1913 Webster] 2. The tree (Prunus Persica syn. Amygdalus Persica) which bears the peach fruit. [1913 Webster] 3. The pale red color of the peach blossom, or the light pinkish yellow of the peach fruit. [PJC] Guinea peach, or Sierra Leone peach, the large edible berry of the Sarcocephalus esculentus, a rubiaceous climbing shrub of west tropical Africa. Palm peach, the fruit of a Venezuelan palm tree ({Bactris speciosa}). Peach color, the pale red color of the peach blossom. Peach-tree borer (Zool.), the larva of a clearwing moth (Aegeria exitiosa, or Sannina, exitiosa) of the family Aegeriidae, which is very destructive to peach trees by boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the moth itself. See Illust. under Borer. [1913 Webster] Peachblow (gcide) Peachblow \Peach"blow`\, a. (Ceramics) Of the delicate purplish pink color likened to that of peach blooms; -- applied esp. to a Chinese porcelain, small specimens of which bring great prices in the Western countries. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Peach-colored (gcide) Peach-colored \Peach"-col`ored\ (p[=e]ch"k[u^]l`[~e]rd), a. Of the color of a peach blossom. "Peach-colored satin." --Shak. [1913 Webster] Peacher (gcide) Peacher \Peach"er\ (p[=e]ch"[~e]r), n. One who peaches. [Low] --Foxe. [1913 Webster] Peachick (gcide) Peachick \Pea"chick`\ (p[=e]"ch[i^]k`), n. (Zool.) The chicken of the peacock. [1913 Webster] Peach-tree borer (gcide) Peach \Peach\ (p[=e]ch), n. [OE. peche, peshe, OF. pesche, F. p[^e]che, fr. LL. persia, L. Persicum (sc. malum) a Persian apple, a peach. Cf. Persian, and Parsee.] 1. (Bot.) A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone. In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible. [1913 Webster] 2. The tree (Prunus Persica syn. Amygdalus Persica) which bears the peach fruit. [1913 Webster] 3. The pale red color of the peach blossom, or the light pinkish yellow of the peach fruit. [PJC] Guinea peach, or Sierra Leone peach, the large edible berry of the Sarcocephalus esculentus, a rubiaceous climbing shrub of west tropical Africa. Palm peach, the fruit of a Venezuelan palm tree ({Bactris speciosa}). Peach color, the pale red color of the peach blossom. Peach-tree borer (Zool.), the larva of a clearwing moth (Aegeria exitiosa, or Sannina, exitiosa) of the family Aegeriidae, which is very destructive to peach trees by boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the moth itself. See Illust. under Borer. [1913 Webster] peachwood (gcide) peachwood \peach"wood`\ (p[=e]ch"w[oo^]d`) n. 1. A tropical tree Caesalpinia echinata, having a prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry. Syn: Caesalpinia echinata. [WordNet 1.5] 2. The heavy red wood of the Caesalpinia echinata; brazilwood; pernambuco wood. [WordNet 1.5] Peachy (gcide) Peachy \Peach"y\ (p[=e]ch"[y^]), a. Resembling a peach or peaches. [1913 Webster] peacoat Sea peach (gcide) Sea peach \Sea" peach`\ (Zool.) A beautiful American ascidian (Cynthia pyriformis syn. Halocynthia pyriformis) having the size, form, velvety surface, and color of a ripe peach. [1913 Webster] Sierra Leone peach (gcide) Peach \Peach\ (p[=e]ch), n. [OE. peche, peshe, OF. pesche, F. p[^e]che, fr. LL. persia, L. Persicum (sc. malum) a Persian apple, a peach. Cf. Persian, and Parsee.] 1. (Bot.) A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone. In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible. [1913 Webster] 2. The tree (Prunus Persica syn. Amygdalus Persica) which bears the peach fruit. [1913 Webster] 3. The pale red color of the peach blossom, or the light pinkish yellow of the peach fruit. [PJC] Guinea peach, or Sierra Leone peach, the large edible berry of the Sarcocephalus esculentus, a rubiaceous climbing shrub of west tropical Africa. Palm peach, the fruit of a Venezuelan palm tree ({Bactris speciosa}). Peach color, the pale red color of the peach blossom. Peach-tree borer (Zool.), the larva of a clearwing moth (Aegeria exitiosa, or Sannina, exitiosa) of the family Aegeriidae, which is very destructive to peach trees by boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the moth itself. See Illust. under Borer. [1913 Webster] Unimpeachable (gcide) Unimpeachable \Un`im*peach"a*ble\, a. Not impeachable; not to be called in question; exempt from liability to accusation; free from stain, guilt, or fault; irreproachable; blameless; as, an unimpeachable reputation; unimpeachable testimony. --Burke. -- Un`im*peach"a*ble*ness, n. -- Un`im*peach"a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster] Unimpeachableness (gcide) Unimpeachable \Un`im*peach"a*ble\, a. Not impeachable; not to be called in question; exempt from liability to accusation; free from stain, guilt, or fault; irreproachable; blameless; as, an unimpeachable reputation; unimpeachable testimony. --Burke. -- Un`im*peach"a*ble*ness, n. -- Un`im*peach"a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster] Unimpeachably (gcide) Unimpeachable \Un`im*peach"a*ble\, a. Not impeachable; not to be called in question; exempt from liability to accusation; free from stain, guilt, or fault; irreproachable; blameless; as, an unimpeachable reputation; unimpeachable testimony. --Burke. -- Un`im*peach"a*ble*ness, n. -- Un`im*peach"a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster] Unimpeached (gcide) Unimpeached \Unimpeached\ See impeached.