In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
PEACHED
Verb
peached
simple past tense and past participle of peach
Anagrams
• cheaped, depeach
Source: Wiktionary
PEACH
Peach, v. t. Etym: [See Appeach, Impeach.]
Definition: To accuse of crime; to inform against. [Obs.] Foxe.
Peach, v. i.
Definition: To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice. [Obs. or Colloq.] If I be ta'en, I'll peach for this. Shak.
Peach, n. Etym: [OE. peche, peshe, OF. pesche, F. pêche, fr. LL. persia, L. Persicum (sc. malum) a Persian apple, a peach. Cf. Persian, and Parsee.] (Bot.)
Definition: 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 (Zoöl.), the larva of a clearwing moth (Ægeria, or Sannina, exitiosa) of the family Ægeriidæ, which is very destructive to peach trees by boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the moth itself. See Illust. under Borer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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