·noun The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
II. Peak ·vi To Pry; to peep slyly.
III. Peak ·noun The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
IV. Peak ·vi To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
V. Peak ·vi To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sicky.
VI. Peak ·noun A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
VII. Peak ·noun The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail;
— used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, ·etc.
VIII. Peak ·vt To raise to a position perpendicular, or more nearly so; as, to peak oars, to hold them upright; to peak a gaff or yard, to set it nearer the perpendicular.
IX. Peak ·noun The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point; often, the whole hill or mountain, ·esp. when isolated; as, the Peak of Teneriffe.