peace-breaker 
peace-breaker (peVhra'ker). . One who vio- 
lates or disturbs the public peace, l.utnnrr, 
peaceful (pes'l'ul). <i. |< /XHHT + -//.] 1. 
Full of, possessing, or enjoying peace; not in 
a state of war. commotion, or dix<|uiet ; quiet ; 
nudist urlx-d: us, a /i>-/iiil':il lime; :i /ixiciliil 
country. 
Hull, Twilight, sovereign of oncpnv/l// hour! 
H'rr</iW'/rt/i,'Soi m .-U, it 22. 
Succeeding monarch^ hoard the subjects' cries, 
Nor saw <liH|>lc:w'il the ptacr/ul cottage rle. 
Pope, Windsor Forest, 1. 86. 
That jtrarfful face wherein ull past distress 
lint] iiicHcil into perfect loveliness. 
William Morriii, Earthly Paradise, I. 168. 
2. Pacific; mild; calm: as, a i>nac.rful temper. 
And thus with peaceful words upraised her soon. 
Mil ' n. r i.., x. :ii>.. 
I ain grown peaceful as old age to-night ; 
I regret little, 1 would change still less. 
Bnaeniny, Andrea del Snrlo. 
= Syn. Peaceable, etc. (see pacific), tranquil, serene. 
peacefully (pes'ful-i), ode. In a peaceful man- 
ner; without war or commotion; without agi- 
t ii (ion or disturbance of any kind; tranquilly; 
calmly; quietly. 
peacefulness (peVful-nes), n. The state or 
character of being peaceful; freedom from 
war, tumult, disturbance, or discord; peace- 
ableness. 
peace-gild (]>es'gild), i. In the middle ages, 
0110 of a number of associations disseminated 
through England and northern Europe, the ob- 
ject of which was the mutual defense of the 
members against injustice and the restriction 
of liberty. Also called frith. 
peaceiyelyt (pe'siv-li), adv. [< 'peaci-ice (< OF. 
/Hiinif. peaceable, (. pais, peace: see peace and 
-ive) + -fy 2 -] In a peaceable or peaceful man- 
ner; without resistance. 
You must with your three sons be guarded sate 
Unto the Tower ; . . . 
Then peaceively let us conduct you thither. 
DcHrer and Webster, Blr Thomas Wy at, p. 26. 
peaceless(pes'les), a. [< peace + -tegn.~] With- 
out peace ; disturbed. 
took upon a person angry, peaceUst, and disturbed. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 18S5X I- -'' 
peacelessness (pes'les-nes), n. Lack or ab- 
sence of peace : the opposite of peacefulnegs. 
The small, restless black eyes which peered out from the 
pinched ana waited face betrayed UMMMttamcM of a 
harrowed mind. Q. W. Cable, Old Creole Days, p. 79. 
peacemaker (peVma'ker), n. One who makes 
peace, as by reconciling parties that are at 
variance. 
Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the 
children of God. Mat v. 9. 
peace-offering (pes'of'er-ing), n. 1. An offer- 
ing that procures peace, reconciliation, or sat- 
isfaction; satisfaction offered to an offended 
person, especially to a superior. 2. Specifi- 
cally, an offering prescribed under the Levitioal 
law as an expression of thanksgiving. The direc- 
tions for it are contained In Lev. III. ; v ii . 1 1 21. Its char- 
acteristic feature was the eating of the flesh as a symbol 
of enjoyment of communion with God. 
peace-officer (pes'of'i-ser), n. A civil officer 
whose duty it is to preserve the public peace, 
especially to prevent or quell riots and other 
breaches of the peace, as a sheriff or constable, 
peace-partedt (peVpar'ted), n. Departed from 
the world in peace. 
We should profane the service of the dead 
To sing a requiem and such rest to her 
As to peace-parted souls. Shalt., Ilamlet, v. 1. 261. 
peace-party (pes'par'ti), n. A party that fa- 
vors peace or the making of peace. 
peace-pipe (pos'pip), n. The cajumet or pipe 
of the American Indians, considered as the 
symbol of peace between tribes, etc., the smok- 
ing of it being the accompaniment of a treaty; 
tht> "pipe of peace." 
peach' (pech), n. [< ME. peche, pesehe, pt-xk, < 
OF. /x.-i'/ii . !'. itMir, f., = Sp. pfrnicn, prrxign, 
prism (and with Ar. art. alpertrico), m., = Pg. 
pt'cego (and with Ar. art. aliterchf), m., = It. 
/ir.viw. ;ilso /irrxicii, t'.. = AS. /ifrxiii', iiirxiif, 
peach (perttoc-treoif, peach-tree), = D. perzik = 
MLti. i Tx/7: = OHG. "pfenicli, MHO. pfirsich, 
/'Ii: r.iii-h, II. /lir^ii-h, /-//Yx<.7/. . ^lirsi-ln: also 
/i.iirxfliiiig = Sw. pcrxika = Dan./crsA't/i (< G.), < 
U /Hi-siciim. ui'ut. (sc. win/Min), a peach, persietw 
inning, or simply jiersicus, f., also^ersica arbor, 
a peach-tree, < Gr. nrp<r<icur, m., mpain&v, neut., 
a peach, also///tfa irtpaucf/, the peach-tree, fujfav 
irepoutov, the peach, lit. the ' Persian apple ' (wa- 
in m, fir/Aav) or ' Persian apple-tree ' ( malun, foiMa): 
see Persic. Cf. qtrine, quince, lit. 'Cydonian 
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apple.' 80 the orunge or citron wax called 
/,/"i MV"">"|', 'Medic apple,' and tin- apricot 
//.,/ ' \iiim -1111,111 ', ' Ariiirniaii upple.'] 1. The 
fleshy drupaceous fruit of the tree I'rvnti* !' 
xica. See uef . 2. 2. A garden and orchard tree, 
Pruniu (Amygdalnx) I'irxicii. The peach Is a rather 
weak irregular Free, 16 or SO feet high, with shining lan- 
ceolate leaves, and pink tlowers(scc cut under eaiyn>("nite) 
appearing before the leaves. The roundish or elliptical fruit 
is 2 or 3 inches In diameter, and covered with down ; when 
ripe, the color Is whitish or yellow, hexutlf ully flushed with 
red ; its flesh Is subacfd, luscious, and wholesome. The 
peach Is closely allied to the almond, from which IJarwin 
Inclines to derive It Its local origin has commonly been 
ascribed to Persia, but the investigations of De Candolle 
point to China. It Is now widely cultivated In warm- 
temperate climates, most successfully in China and the 
t'nlttid States, as In Delaware, on the shores of the 
Chesapeake and Lake Michigan, and In California, (ftee 
curl, 4, peach-Might, and peach-yellow*.) The canning of 
peaches Is now a large local Industry ; large quantities 
also are dried, and some are made into peach-brandy. The 
seeds often take the place of bitter almonds as a source 
of oil, etc. Peach-leaves and -flowers are laxative and an- 
thclmintlc. The varieties of the peach are numberless, a 
general distinction lying between clingstones and free- 
stones (see these words), and again between the white- and 
the yellow-fleshed. (Sta nectarine.) The flat peach or peen- 
to Is a fancy Chinese variety, having the fruit so compressed 
that only the skin covers the ends of the stone. Another 
Chinese variety, the crooked peach, has the fruit long and 
bent, and remarkably sweet In ornamental use there is 
a weeping peach ; and various dwarf and double-Howe! ed 
varieties, called Jlouxviny peaches, have been produced 
with pure-white or variously, often very brilliantly, color- 
ed flowers Guinea p6&ch, a climbing shrub, Sarcnceph- 
alvt esculentus, of tropical western Africa, bearing heads 
of small pink flowers, and a pulpy collective fruit which 
is eaten by the natives. Also called nctrro &uil fiierra Leone 
peac h. Native peach of Australia. See ipmnda H<J . - 
Negro peach, Sierra Leone peach. Same as Gmnea 
peach. Peach myrtle, see myrtle. Wild, peach. See 
iriltt orange, under orangti. 
peach 2 (pech), v. [Byapheresis from appeach, 
impeach.} I.t trans. To impeach; also, to in- 
form against, as an accomplice. 
Let me have pardon, I beseech your grace, and 1 11 peach 
'em all. Midalebm, Phoenix, T. 1. 
If I did not amidst all this pfach my liberty, nor my 
vertue, with the rest who made shipwreck of both, it was 
more the Infinite goodnesse and mercy of God then the 
least providence or discretion of myne owne. 
Evelyn, Diary, 1641. 
H. intrans. To betray one's accomplices; turn 
informer. [Obsolete or colloq.] 
For-thy as wlghtts that are will thus walke we in were, 
fotpechyng als pilgrymes that putte are to pees. 
York riant, p. 42. 
Wilt thon peach, thou varlet? 
Fletcher (and another), Fair Maid of the Inn, v. 3. 
Will you go peach, and cry yourself a fool 
At grannam's cross ! be laughed at and despised? 
/;. Jonton, Magnetlck Lady, Iv. 2. 
" Was Flashman here then?" 
"Yes ! and a dirty little snivelling, sneaking fellow he 
was too. He never dared Join us, and used to toady the 
bullies by offering to fag for them, and peachiny against 
the rest of us." T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, L 8. 
peach* (pech), . [Appar. a particular use of 
peacltl, n.] In mining, any greenish-colored 
soft or decomposed rock, usually chloritic 
schist. [Cornwall, Eng.] 
peach 4 t, " [< Kuss. pechu, nrtxu, an oven, 
stove, furnace.] A stove. [Russia.] 
They [the Russians! heat then- Peaches, which are made 
like the Germane bathstoues, and their Poclads like ouens, 
that so warme the house that a stranger at the first shall 
hardly like of It. UaklnyCi Voyages, I. 498. 
pea-chafer (pe'cha'fer), . A pea-weevil. 
peach-black (pech'blak), . [< peach* + black.'] 
A black obtained from calcined peach-stones. 
peach-blight (pech'blit), n. A fungous disease 
of peach-trees (usually called rot or frroim rot 
when it affects the fruit), caused by Afonilin 
fructigena. The full life-cycle of this fungus is 
not known, but it is probably the gonidial stage 
of some ascomycete. 
peach-blister (pech ' blis ' ter), i. Same as 
curl, 4. 
peach-blossom (pech'blos'um), M. and a. I. 11. 
1. The flower of the peach. See peach*. 2. 
A collectors' name of a moth, Thyalira batix. 
3. A canary-vellow color; also, a pink color 
more yellowish, than rose-pink. 
II. a. Pertaining to or resembling the blos- 
som of a peach-tree. peach-blossom marble, a 
kind nf Italian marble variegated in white and red. with a 
few yellow spots. Marble Waiter, ^ 22. 
peachblow (pech'blo), . 1. In ceram., a glaze 
of Oriental porcelain of warm purple color 
or inclining to pink, like the blossom of the 
peach. The pieces bearing this name are some- 
times mottled and clouded in different shades 
of the same color. 2. A variety of potato: so 
called from its color. 
peach-borer (pech'bor'er), . 1. A day-moth, 
exitiosa, of the family ^Egeriidte, the 
peachwort 
female of which lays i-^s in June on the bark 
ol' pfa< h-triTS. near tin- groiiiul. On lialchinu, il.. 
larvte work their way Into the bark ami l>or: to the sap- 
wood, causing an exudation of KMIII, which, rnix<-<l Mitli 
the excrement of the Insect, forms a thick mass at tin: 
Peach-borer (Dictrca <*>' 
vnritata}. (Line shows 
natural wzc ) 
The deep-pink 
/ W Y * 
PeaerMiorer (#frfa rxitiaia). t. female; a. male. 
foot of the tree. The cocoons are spun at or near the stir- 
face of the ground ; they are brown, and made of silk mixed 
with gum and castings of the larv*. This Ixirer works into 
plum-trees as well as peach-trees. The beat remedlea ire 
to mound the trees and protect them with vertical straw 
bands during the summer. 
2. A buprestid beetle, IHcr.rca dtrancato,whost; 
larva bores through the 
bark and lives in the sap- 
wood of the peach and 
cherry. Also peach-tree 
borer. 
peach-brake (pech'brak), 
n. In Texas, a dense 
growth of the so-called 
wild peach, there cover- 
ing extensive tracts. See 
trim orange, under orn ni/i ' . 
peach-brandy (pech'- 
bran'di), n. A spirituous 
liquor distilled from the 
fermented juice of the 
peach. 
peach-color (pech'kul'or), . 
color of the peach. 
peach-colored (pech'kiil'ord), a. Of the color 
of a peach. 
peach-down (pech'doun), n. The soft down of 
a peach-skin. 
peacher (pe'cher), . If. An accuser or im- 
peacher. 
Accusers ur pfachrra of others that were guiltless. 
Fom, Martyrs, Wyclif. 
2. One who peaches; an informer; a telltale. 
[Colloq.] 
peachery (pe'cher-i), .; pi. peacherie* (-iz). 
[< peach* T -ery.] A place where peaches are 
cultivated; a peach-grove; a garden where 
peach-trees are trained against walls; a house 
in which peach-trees are grown. 
peach-house (pech'hous), ft. In hort., a house 
in which peacn-trees are grown, for the purpose 
either of forcing the fruit out of season, or of 
producing it in a climate unsuitable for its cul- 
ture in the open air. 
pea-chick (pe'chik), . The chick or young of 
the peafowl. 
pea-chicken (pe'chik 'en), n. The lapwing. 
Also called papechien. 
peach-oak (pech'ok), . See chestnut-oak (un- 
der oak) and icitl<nr-oak. 
peach-palm (pech'pam), n. A tall pinnate- 
leafed palm of tropical South America, Bactrix 
Gaxipees ((luilielma xprcioxa). The stems are some- 
times clustered, and are armed with black thorns. It in 
cultivated along the Amazon, etc., for its egg-shaped fruit, 
which is borne in large clusters, bright-scarlet above, 
orange below. Its thick firm flesh, when cooked, Is mealy 
and well flavored. It affords a meal which is made into 
cakes, and by fermentation a beverage. 
peach-stone (pech'ston), . The hard nnt in- 
closing the seed or kernel within the fruit of 
the peach. 
peach-tree (pech'tre), . The tree that pro- 
duces the peach Peach-tree borer, fame as 
peach-borer, 2. 
peach-water (pech'wa'ter), H. A flavoring ex- 
tract used in cooking, obtained from the fresh 
leaves of the peach by bruising, mixing the 
pulp with water, and distilling. It retains the 
flavor of bitter almonds possessed by the leaves. 
peach-wood (peoh'wud), M. A dyewpod ob- 
tained from Nicaragua, similar to brazil-wood, 
and perhaps from the same tree. Also called 
\icaragua troorf. See brn:il. 'J. 
peach-worm (pech'werm), H. One of the leaf- 
feeding caterpillars which infest the peach: 
as, the blue-spangled peacli-tcorm, the larva of 
< 'iillimorpha fulcicosta. See cut under I'alli- 
peachwort (pech'wert), . The plant lady's- 
tluimb. Polygonum Persicaria: so named from 
its peach-like leaves. See lady's-thumb and 
Hearts-case. 
