peach 3 > OED Entry Search > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > peach > > peach, sb.3 Obs. Also peech. a. Russ. petchi oven, stove. A > (Russian) stove. > > * 1591 G. Fletcher Russe Commw. xxviii. (Hakl. Soc.) 147 All the > winter time..they heat their peaches, which are made lyke the > Germane bathstoaves, and..so warme the house. > > * 1778 Phil. Trans. LXIX. 327 A number of billets of wood are > placed in the peech or stove.