† peacheryn.1
Obsolete. rare.
The action or practice of informing on or giving incriminating evidence against an accomplice or associate.
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society > communication > information > informing on or against > [noun]
wrayingc1000
information1387
promotion?1533
talebearing1571
delation1578
sycophancy1622
peachery1654
blowing the gap1821
nosing1827
peaching1859
rounding1862
squeal1872
scream1915
singing1937
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dobbing1968
whistle-blowing1971
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. viii. 118 The latter, (being base Peachery) brings anothers life to a Halter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
peacheryn.2
/ˈpiːtʃ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈpitʃəri/ Now rare.
A place where peaches are grown; a collection of growing peach trees.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of fruit > [noun] > orchard or fruit garden > type of
apple-garth1268
oliveyarda1382
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apple orchard?c1400
nut garden1535
oil-garden1535
olive garden1577
lemon-orchard1611
meloniere1658
orange grove1688
melonry1717
nutterya1729
peachery1789
lemon-grove1830
nut grove1840
prune orchard1847
lemon-garden1864
seed orchard1903
1789 J. Abercrombie Hot-house Gardener 155 Vines, as formerly observed, may be planted in a peachery or any general forcing-house in assemblage with peaches, nectarines, plums, &c.
1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude I. iii. 47 The product of his graperies, pineries, peacheries, cherryries.
1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows II. xxxi. 230 Hothouses for peacheries, pineries, and graperies.
1922 Times 4 May 27 (advt.) Residence; four bed, two reception, bath; tennis, orchard, paddocks, four acres; peachery.
2000 Irish Times (Nexis) 7 Sept. 53 The creeper-clad house clearly had a typically genteel Victorian beginning as the half-acre of gardens include a peachery, complete with decorative cast-iron finials on the roof.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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