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peering |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Peer \Peer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Peered}; p. pr & vb n. {Peering}.] [OF. parir, pareir equiv. to F. para[^i]tre to appear, L. parere. Cf {Appear}.] 1. To come in sight; to appear. [Poetic] So honor peereth in the meanest habit. --Shak. See how his gorget peers above his gown! --B. Jonson 2. [Perh. a different word cf OE piren, LG piren. Cf {Pry} to peep.] To look narrowly or curiously or intently; to peep; as the peering day --Milton. Peering in maps for ports, and piers, and roads. --Shak. As if through a dungeon grate he peered. --Coleridge.
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