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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Peak  \Peak\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Peaked};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Peaking}.] 
  1.  To  rise  or  extend  into  a  peak  or  point;  to  form  or  appear 
  as  a  peak. 
 
  There  peaketh  up  a  mighty  high  mount.  --Holand. 
 
  2.  To  acquire  sharpness  of  figure  or  features;  hence  to  look 
  thin  or  sicky.  ``Dwindle,  peak,  and  pine.''  --Shak. 
 
  3.  [Cf.  {Peek}.]  To  pry;  to  peep  slyly.  --Shak. 
 
  {Peak  arch}  (Arch.),  a  pointed  or  Gothic  arch. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Peaking  \Peak"ing\,  a. 
  1.  Mean  sneaking.  [Vulgar] 
 
  2.  Pining;  sickly;  peakish.  [Colloq.] 




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