Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Peach"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peach \Peach\, v. t. [See {Appeach}, {Impeach}.]
To accuse of crime; to inform against. [Obs.] --Foxe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peach \Peach\, v. i.
To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice. [Obs. or
Colloq.]
If I be ta'en, I'll peach for this. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peach \Peach\, 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}.] (Bot.)
A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two
seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone; also, the tree
which bears it ({Prunus, or Amygdalus Persica}). In the wild
stock the fruit is hard and inedible.
{Guinea}, 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} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a clearwing moth
({[AE]geria, or Sannina, exitiosa}) of the family
{[AE]geriid[ae]}, which is very destructive to peach trees
by boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the
moth itself. See Illust. under {Borer}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
peach
n 1: cultivated in temperate regions [syn: {peach tree}, {Prunus
persica}]
2: a very attractive or seductive looking woman [syn: {smasher},
{stunner}, {knockout}, {beauty}, {ravisher}, {sweetheart},
{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},
{salmon pink}]
v 1: divulge information or secrets; spill the beans; "Be
careful--his secretary talks" [syn: {talk}, {tattle}, {blab},
{babble}, {sing}, {babble out}, {blab out}] [ant: {keep
quiet}]
2: give away information about somebody; "He told on his
classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: {denounce}, {tell
on}, {betray}, {give away}, {rat}, {grass}, {shit}, {shop},
{snitch}, {stag}]
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