peach

v. t. [ See Appeach, Impeach. ] To accuse of crime; to inform against. [ Obs. ] Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

n. [ OE. peche, peshe, OF. pesche, F. pêche, 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 ]

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. ]

a. Of the color of a peach blossom. “Peach-colored satin.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who peaches. [ Low ] Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The chicken of the peacock. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>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 ]