The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
peaches
plural of peach
peaches
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of peach
• capeesh
Peaches
plural of Peach
• capeesh
Source: Wiktionary
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
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.