Peak

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·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.

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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