peaking
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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.
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.
Peak·ing a.
1. Mean; sneaking. [Vulgar]
2. Pining; sickly; peakish. [Colloq.]
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