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noun Peag n. (Written also peage, peak, peeke) A kind of aboriginal shell money, or wampum, of the Atlantic coast of the United States; originally applied only to polished white cylindrical beads. See also wampum.
Peak n. 1.A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap. "Run your beard into a peak." 2.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. "Silent upon a peak in Darien." 3.(Naut.) (a)The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc. (b)The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it. (c)The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill. (In the last sense written also pea and pee) Fore peak. (Naut.) See under Fore.
verb Peak v. t. (Naut.) 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.
Peak v. i. (past & past part. peaked; pres. part. 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." 2.Hence: To achieve a maximum of numerical value, intensity of activity, popularity, or other characteristic, followed by a decline; as, the stock market peaked in January; his performance as a pitcher peaked in 1990; sales of the XTX model peaked at 20,000 per year. 3.To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly. "Dwindle, peak, and pine." 4.To pry; to peep slyly. (archaic) Peak arch (Arch.), a pointed or Gothic arch.
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