peaceable (pesabl)

[ A blisful lyf, a paisible and a swete, Ledden the peples in the former age. Chaucer , Former Age, L L Shak., Pericles, il 1. 108. But the treachery, the contempt of law, the thirst for blood, which the King had now shown, left no hope of a peaceable adjustment. Macaulay , Nugent's Hampden. 2. Disposed to peace; not quarrelsome, rude, or boisterous. His peaceable reign and good government. Thre of the barons apart [she] drew hastily Off moste gretteste, sayng in wyse pesible As woman full sage and ryght sensible. Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1 3658. Men of mild, and sweet, and peaceable spirits, as indeed most Anglers are. I. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 48. =Syn. Peaceful , etc. (see pacific ), amicable, mild, friendly. peaceablene (pē'sa-bl-nes), sa-bi-nes), n. The state or character of being peaceable; quietne ; disposition to peace. peaceably (pē'sa-bli), adv. In a peaceable manner. (a) Without war, tumult, commotion, or disturbance; without quarrel or feud: as, the kings of this dynasty ruled peaceably for two hundred years. (b) In at peace; quietly; without interruption, annoyance, or alarm: as, to live and die peaceably. Therfore the i suffren, that folk of alle Lawes may pr bely duellen amonges hem. Mandeville , Travels, p. Disturb him not, let him pa peaceably. Shak., 2 Hen. VL, iii. 3. They were also very careful that every one that belonged to them answered their profe ion in their behaviour among men, upon all occasiouns; that they lived pearl ably , and were in all things good examples. Penn, Rise and Progre of Quakers, iv. (c) Without anger or disposition to quarrel; amicably; as one disposed to peace. And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not Gen. xxxvil 4 speak peaceably unto him. To live peaceably is so to demean ourselves in all the of fices and stations of life as to promote a friendly under standing and correspondence among those we converse with, Bp . Atterbury , Sermons, II.. peace-breaker (pēsʼbrā"kér), n. One who vio- lates or disturbs the public peace. Latimer . peaceful (pēs'fül), a . [ peace + -ful.] 1. Full of, po e ing, or enjoying peace; not in a state of war, commotion, or disquiet; quiet; undisturbed: as, a peaceful time; a peaceful country. Hail, Twilight, sovereign of one peaceful hour! Words worth, Sonnets, ii. 22. Succeeding monarchs heard the subjects' cries, Nor saw disple as'd the peaceful cottage rise. Pope , Windsor Forest, 1. 86. That peaceful face wherein all past distre Had melted into perfect loveline . William Morris, Earthly Paradise, I. 158. 2. Pacific; mild; calm: as, a peaceful temper. And thus with peaceful words upraised her soon. Milton , P. L., x. 946. I am grown peaceful as old age to-night; I regret little, I would change still le . Browning , Andrea del Sarto. apple.'.' So the orange or citron was called μῆλον Μηδικόν, 'Medic apple,' and the apricot μῆλον ̓Αρμενιακόν , 'Armenian apple.] 1. The fleshy drupaceous fruit of the tree Prunus Per- sic a . See def. 2.-2. A garden and orchard tree, Prunus ( Amygdal us ) Persica . The peach is a rather weak irregular tree, 15 or 20 feet high, with shining lan- ceolate leaves, and pink flowers(see cut under calyciflorate ) 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, beautifully flushed with red; its flesh is subacid, luscious, and wholesome. The peach is closely allied to the almond, from which Darwin 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 succe fully in China and the United States, as in Delaware, on the shores of the Chesapeake and Lake Michigan, and in California. (See curl , 4, peach - blight , and peach - yellows.) 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- thelmintic. The varieties of the peach are numberle , a general distinction lying between clingstones and free- stones (see these words), and again between the white-and the yellow-fleshed. (See nectarine .) The flat peach or peen- to is a fancy Chinese variety, having the fruit so compre ed that only the skin covers the ends of the stone. Another Chinese variety, the crooked peach, has the fruit long and varieties, called flowering peaches , have been produced with pure-white or variously, often very brilliantly, color- ed flowers. - Guinea peach, a climbing shrub, Sarcoceph- alus esculent us , of tropical western Africa, bearing heads of small pink flowers, and a pulpy collective fruit which is eaten by the natives. Also called negro and Sierra Leone peach . - Native peach of Australia. See quandang . Negro peach, Sierra Leone peach. Same as Guinea peach . Peach myrtle. See myrtle . - Wild peach. See wild orange, under or angel. -ive) +-ly2.] In a peaceable or peaceful man- ner; without resistance. You must with your three sons be guarded safe Unto the Tower; Then peaccively let us conduct you thither. We should profane the service of the dead To sing a requiem and such rest to her impeach.] I.t trans. To impeach; also, to in form against, as an accomplice. II. in trans. To betray one's accomplices; turn informer. [Obsolete or colloq.] For-thy as wight is that are will thus walke we in were, For pechyng als pilgrymes that putte are to pees. York Plays , p. 429. Wilt thou 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 cro ! be laughed at and despised? B. Jonson, Magnet ick Lady, iv. 2. peach3 (pēch), n. [Appar. a particular use of peach1 , n.] In mining , any greenish-colored soft or decomposed rock, usually chloritic schist. [Cornwall, Eng.] that so war me the house that a stranger at the first shall hardly like of it. Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 496. pea-chafer (pē'cha"fer), n. A pea-weevil. peach-black (pēch'blak), n. [ peach1 + black .] A black obtained from calcined peach-stones. peach-blight (pēch'blit), n. A fungous disease of peach-trees (usually called rot or brown rot when it affects the fruit), caused by Monilia fructigena . The full life-cycle of this fungus is peach-blister (pēch'blister), n. curl, 4. peach-blo om (pēch'blosum), n. and a. I. n. 1. The flower of the peach. See peach1.— 2. A collectors' name of a moth, Thyatira bat is.- 3. A canary-yellow color; also, a pink color more yellowish than rose-pink. II. a. Pertaining to or resembling the blos- som of a peach-tree. - Peach-blo om marble, a kind of Italian marble variegated in white and red, with few yellow spots. Marble Worker , § 22. peachblow (pēch'blō), n. 1. In ceram . , a glaze of Oriental porcelain of warm purple color or inclining to pink, like the blo om 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 (pēch'bōr"èr), n . 1. A day-moth, Ægeria exitiosa , of the family Ægeriidæ , the IMG:content-2504.png:[blocks in formation] 2. A buprestid beetle, Dicerca divaricata , whose larva bores through the bark and lives in the sap- wood of the peach and cherry. Also peach - tree borer. peach-brake (pēchʼbrāk), peach-house (pēch'hous), n. In hort ., a house in which peach-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), n . The chick or young of the peafowl. pea-chicken (pē'chiken), n. The lapwing. Also called papechien . peach-oak (pēch'ök), n . peachy