peach-blowadj.n.
/ˈpiːtʃbləʊ/, U.S. /ˈpitʃˌbloʊ/ A. adj.
1. Having or designating a colour resembling peach blossom. Cf. peach blossom adj.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > pale red or pink
incarnationa1475
carnation?1533
peach colour1573
maiden's blush1598
maiden blush1600
flesh-colour1611
gridelinc1640
incarnadine1661
pinka1669
peach bloom1716
pompadour1761
rose pink1772
salmon-colour1813
orange-pink1820
peachiness1820
maiden rose1827
pinkiness1828
peach-blow1829
peach1831
pink madder1835
flesh-tint1839
pinkness1840
rose du Barry1847
flesh1852
almond1872
ash of roses1872
nymph-pink1872
rose Pompadour1872
salmon1873
pinkishness1874
mushroom1884
salmon-pink1884
naturelle1887
shell-pink1887
sunrise1890
sultan pink1899
mushroom colour1900
sunblush1925
flesh tone1931
magnolia1963
1829 T. Flint George Mason 32 The Red Bud in a thousand places was one compact tuft of peach-blow flowers.
1837 J. L. Williams Territory of Florida 75 This bird is of a peach-blow colour.
1896 Godey's Mag. Feb. 212/1 The colorings are exquisite; peach-blow pink and lime green.
1906 ‘O. Henry’ Four Million 208 Her eyes were dreamily bright, her cheeks genuine peachblow, her expression a happy one, tinged with reminiscence.
1922 H. Shoemaker Allegheny Episodes xxv. 344 Her skin was transparently white, and the delicate peach-blow color in her cheeks was too hectic to betoken good health.
1996 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (Nexis) 16 June 3 t It's a museum inviting hours of wandering through its living room with massive peachblow sandstone fireplace, perfectly appointed dining room, [etc.].
2. U.S. Designating a variety of potato with bright pink tubers, or a tuber or plant of this variety.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [adjective] > of or resembling particular root vegetables
rabone1597
pastinaceous1657
peach-blowa1849
beetrooty1859
pomato1905
shorthorn1930
mooli1969
a1849 E. Emmons Agric. N.Y. II. 45 Peach-Blow Potato... It is a good bearer, and is common in the winter in the Albany market.
1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 234 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Professor W.W. Daniells, of the Agricultural College of Wisconsin, in an experiment made with the Peach-blow potato, divided the ground..lengthwise.
2002 Dayton (Ohio) Daily News (Nexis) 18 Apr. z5-1 (caption) Peach blow potatoes, stored in the cellar of Carriage Hill MetroPark's farmhouse, are ready for the furrow.
3. Designating a type of Chinese porcelain with a deep pink glaze; (also) designating an item made from such porcelain. Cf. peach bloom n. 2.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > porcelain > decorated in specific way
flambé1886
peach-blow1886
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Apr. 5/1 The little peachblow or crushed strawberry vase which sold for over £4,000.
1930 L. W. Watkins Cambr. Glass 1818–88 156 The peach blow glass took its name from the Chinese peach blow porcelain.
1944 R. W. Lee Victorian Glass xxii. 561 None of the glass factories..adhered either to the shapes or to the purposes of the Peachblow porcelains.
1988 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 7 Feb. 7 s In 1886 A Chinese peachblow porcelain vase was sold for $18,000, one of those record prices that have long been inspirations to antique collectors.
4. Designating a type of glass with a deep pink colour running through it; (also) designating an item made from this glass.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [adjective] > other types of glass
blownc1425
Bohemian1682
grounded1698
soft1758
unsilvered1772
navelledc1817
drawn-out1822
muffled1847
ambitty1856
muffed1868
roughcast1868
Sandwich1881
fumé1883
hand-blown1885
peach-blow1886
opaque1907
mould-blown1925
offhand1941
1886 Pottery & Glassware Reporter 4 Nov. 21/2 In recent years four novelties have been brought out by the New England Glass Works..the Amberina, Pomona, Peachblow, and Agata grades of goods.
1930 L. W. Watkins Cambr. Glass 1818–88 156 The peach blow glass took its name from the Chinese peach blow porcelain.
1933 Antiques (U.S.) Aug. 48 Among those glass collectors who are more susceptible to color than to antiquity, ‘peachblow items’ are highly valued.
2002 Chattanooga (Tennessee) Times Free Press (Nexis) 8 Sept. d8 Among the finest examples on view is a peach-blow vase that gradates in color from deep red to yellow.
B. n.
1. U.S. The peach-blow potato. Cf. sense A. 2. Now rare.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > potato > potato plant
potato1597
skirret of Peru1597
Irish potato1664
white potato1723
Virginian potato1731
potato plant1744
potato vine1750
lady's finger1827
peach-blow1861
Chilean potato1870
1861 Amer. Agriculturist Jan. 11/3 All potatoes planted with the compound, were in excellent condition, but the Peach Blows, planted without, show black spots inside, even when the outside looks perfectly sound.
1884 Rep. Comm. Agric. 416 The Colorado Potato beetle..appeared in greater numbers than it has done since 1881, attacking the ‘Peach-blows’ chiefly.
2. A colour reminiscent of peach blossom. Cf. sense A. 1. rare.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red
red1599
peach-blow1861
1861 L. L. Noble After Icebergs 176 The berg is immersed in almost supernatural splendors... The blue and the purple pass up into peach-blow and pink.
3. Usually in form Peachblow. Peach-blow glass. Cf. sense A. 4.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass > other types of glass
mirror glass1440
Venice glass1527
green glass1559
bubble glass1591
hard glass1597
window glass1606
bottle glass1626
looking-glass plate1665
opal glass1668
flint-glass1683
broad-glass1686
jealous glass1703
plate glass1728
Newcastle glass1734
flint1755
German sheet glass1777
Réaumur's porcelain1777
cut glass1800
Vauxhall1830
muslin glass1837
Venetian glass1845
latticinio1855
quartz glass1861
muff glass1865
thallium glass1868
St. Gobain glass1870
frost blue1873
crackle-glass1875
opaline1875
crackle-ware1881
amberina1883
opal1885
Jena1892
Holophane1893
roughcast1893
soda glass1897
opalite1899
milchglas1907
pâte de verre1907
Pyrex1915
silica glass1916
soda-lime glass1917
Vita-glass1925
peach-blow1930
borosilicate glass1933
Vitrolite1937
twin plate1939
sintered glass1940
gold-film1954
Plyglass1956
pyroceram1957
float glass1959
solar glass1977
1886 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 20 July 236/2 13,523 Glass Table-Ware and Fancy Glass Articles..Frederick S. Shirley, New Bedford, Mass... Used since July 1, 1885 ‘The word “peach”.’]
1930 L. W. Watkins Cambr. Glass 1818–88 156 The New England [Glass Co.] peach blow is one of the loveliest and most unusual things in American glass. In color it shades by imperceptible degrees from white to a deep rose.
1944 R. W. Lee Victorian Glass xxii. 561 None of the glass factories at which Peachblow was produced adhered either to the shapes or to the purposes of the Peachblow porcelains.
1975 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 26 Oct. 30/6 Peachblow originated with Hobbs Brockunier around 1883. It is lined with white and shades from yellow to peach.
1999 Stuart News/Port St. Lucie News (Florida) (Nexis) 7 Mar. g11 The vessel might be made of any of several kinds of art glass, including amberina, cranberry, peachblow, satin, or spatterglass.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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