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    Peag , n. [Written also peage, peak, peeke.] [Prob. of North American Indian origin, by shortening of wampumpeag. RHUD.] 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.
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    Peak , 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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    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.
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      There peaketh up a mighty high mount.
      Holand.

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    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.
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    3. To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly. “Dwindle, peak, and pine.” 
      Shak.

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    4. [Cf. Peek.] To pry; to peep slyly. [archaic]
      Shak.

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      Peak arch (Arch.), a pointed or Gothic arch.
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    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.
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