Hypertext Webster Gateway: "peaked"
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)
Peaked \Peaked\, a.
1. Pointed; ending in a point; as, a peaked roof.
2. (Oftener ?) Sickly; not robust. [Colloq.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
peaked
adj 1: somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing
grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you
look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly
child"; "is unwell and can't come to work" [syn: {ailing},
{indisposed}, {peaked(p)}, {poorly(p)}, {sickly}, {unwell}]
2: having or rising to a peak; "the peaked ceiling"; "the
island's peaked hills"
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