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To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice. [Obs. or Colloq.] If I be ta'en, I'll peach for this. Shak.

Of the color of a peach blossom. "Peach-colored satin." Shak.

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.

One who peaches. [Low] Foxe.

The chicken of the peacock.

Resembling a peach or peaches.

To impeach; to accuse; to asperse; to inform against; to reproach. [Obs.] And oft of error did himself appeach. Spenser.

An accuser. [Obs.] Raleigh.

Accusation. [Obs.]

Logwood.

To discharge. [Obs.] As soon as the party . . . before our justices shall be depeached. Hakluyt.

To hinder. See Impeach. [Obs.] Spenser.

To hinder; to impede; to prevent. [Obs.] These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land. Sir J. Davies. A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance. Howell.

That may be impeached; liable to impeachment; chargeable with a crime. Owners of lands in fee simple are not impeachable for waste. Z. Swift.

One who impeaches.

The act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached; as:

, or Halocynthia, pyriformis) having the size, form, velvety surface, and color of a ripe peach.

Not impeachable; not to be called in question; exempt from liability to accusation; free from stain, guilt, or fault; irreproachable; blameless; as, an unimpeachable reputation; unimpeachable testimony. Burke. -- Un`im*peach"a*ble*ness, n. -- Un`im*peach"a*bly, adv.

Advice; exhortation. [Obs.] Peacham.

Named before. Peacham.