a. (Ceramics) 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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. A mortal or crushing blow; a stroke or event which kills or destroys. [ 1913 Webster ]
The deathblow of my hope. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]