Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Peaking"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peak \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.
2. To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look
thin or sicky. ``Dwindle, peak, and pine.'' --Shak.
3. [Cf. {Peek}.] To pry; to peep slyly. --Shak.
{Peak arch} (Arch.), a pointed or Gothic arch.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peaking \Peak"ing\, a.
1. Mean; sneaking. [Vulgar]
2. Pining; sickly; peakish. [Colloq.]
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