noun the extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
2. peak ·vi to pry; to peep slyly.
3. peak ·noun the narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
4. peak ·vi to rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
5. peak ·vi to acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sicky.
6. peak ·noun a point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
7. peak ·noun the upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail;
used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, ·etc.
8. peak ·vt 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.
9. peak ·noun 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.