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† peak-goose, pea-goose Obs. Also 6 peek-, pick-, 7 pe-goose. [app. f. peak n.3 + goose.] A dolt, simpleton, ninny, poor creature.a 1568 R. Ascham Scholem. i. (Arb.) 54 To laughe, to lie, to flatter, to face: Foure waies in Court to win men grace. If thou be thrall to none of theise, Away good Peek ...
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▪ I. peak, n.2 (piːk) Forms: 6 pek, peke, 6–7 peake, 8 peek, 7– peak. [Known from 16th c. as a later equivalent of pike n.1; in 15th c. the deriv. peked, peaked, appears as an equivalent of piked. The phonetic relations are difficult to understand; but cf. MLG. pêk, peik, ‘pick, pike, pointed iron i...
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