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   Pea (pē), n. [OF. peis. See Poise.] The sliding weight on a steelyard. [Written also pee.]
   
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   Peak (pēk), n. [OE. pek, AS. peac, perh of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. peac a sharp-pointed thing.  Cf. Pike.]
   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.”  Beau. & Fl.
   
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   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”.
   
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   Silent upon a peak in Darien. Keats.
   
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   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.]
   
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   Fore peak. (Naut.) See under Fore.
   
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   Pee (?), n. See 1st Pea.
   
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   Pee, n.
   1. (Naut.) Bill of an anchor. See Peak, 3 (c).
   
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   2. Urine.
   
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   3. The act of urinating; -- used in the informal take a pee, meaning, to urinate.
   
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   pee, v. i. To urinate.  [informal]
   
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