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peakish, a.1 (ˈpiːkɪʃ) [In sense 1 app. f. peak n.3 (also in Skelton), perh. associated with peak v.1 3; in sense 2 f. peak n.2; sense 3 goes with peak v.1 4, peaking ppl. a. 2, peaky a.2: see -ish1.] † 1. Slothful, spiritless (L. ignavus); stupid; ignorant, silly: an epithet of contempt, of which i...
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Peakish
† Peakish, a.2 Obs. [f. Peak n.1 + -ish1.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling that of the district of the Peak in Derbyshire. In quots. 1592 and 1646 the sense may be ‘rude, outlandish, remote as in the Peak’.1592 Warner Alb. Eng. viii. xlii. (1612) 201 Once hunted he, vntill the Chace, long fasting, ...
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peaky
▪ I. peaky, a.1 (ˈpiːkɪ) [f. peak n.2 + -y.] 1. Abounding in, or characterized by having, peaks.1832 Tennyson Pal. Art xxix, Hills with peaky tops engrail'd. 1855 J. D. Forbes Tour Mont Blanc viii. 182 The peaky ridge just described. 1858 Chamb. Jrnl. X. 227 The sun approached the edge of the peaky ...
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muset
▪ I. muset1 Obs. exc. dial. (ˈmjuːzɪt) Also 6 musit, 7 musett, 9 dial. mussit. [a. OF. mucette, mussette, ‘a little hole, corner, or hoord to hide things in’ (Cotgr.), f. muce, musse: see meuse.] = meuse n. 1. Also, a hare's ‘form’.1592 Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 683 The many musits through the which he goe...
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peak
▪ 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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Peak
Peak, n.1 (piːk) Forms: 1 Péac (in Anglo-L. records 1–2 Pech, 2 Pec); 3–4 pek, 6 Peke, 7 Peake, 7– Peak. [OE. Péac (only in comb. Péaclond) of unknown origin: perh. British. The name Peak's Arse (OE. *Péaces ærs, Domesday Pechesers), applied to the Peak Cavern, has suggested a conjecture that Péac m...
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vicety
† vicety Obs.—1 (App. f. vice n.1 + -ty, for the sake of rime.)1633 B. Jonson Love's Welcome Wks. (1641) 278 Acci. Here is to the fruit of Pem. Fitz. Grafted upon Stub his Stem. Acci. With the Peakish Nicetie. Fitz. And old Sherewood's Vicetie.
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