(Zoöl.), a handsome European butterfly (Hamadryas Io) having ocelli like those of peacock. — Peacock fish(Zoöl.), the European blue-striped wrasse (Labrus variegatus); — so called on account of its brilliant colors. Called also cook wrasse and cook. — Peacock pheasant(Zoöl.), any one of several species of handsome Asiatic pheasants of the genus Polyplectron. They resemble the peacock in color.

Peafowl
(Pea"fowl`) n. [See Peacock.] (Zoöl.) The peacock or peahen; any species of Pavo.

Peage
(Pe"age) n. See Paage.

Peagrit
(Pea"grit`) n. (Min.) A coarse pisolitic limestone. See Pisolite.

Peahen
(Pea"hen`) n. [See Peacock.] (Zoöl.) The hen or female peafowl.

Pea-jacket
(Pea"-jack`et) n. [Prob. fr. D. pij, pije, a coat of a coarse woolen stuff.] A thick loose woolen jacket, or coat, much worn by sailors in cold weather.

Peak
(Peak) n. [OE. pek, AS. peac, perh of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. peac a sharp- pointed thing. Cf. Pike.]

1. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap. "Run your beard into a peak." Beau. & Fl.

2. 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.

Silent upon a peak in Darien.
Keats.

3. (Naut.) (a) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; — used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc. (b) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it. (c) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill. [In the last sense written also pea and pee.]

Fore peak. (Naut.) See under Fore.

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.

Peak
(Peak), v. t. (Naut.) 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.

Peaked
(Peaked) a.

1. Pointed; ending in a point; as, a peaked roof.

2. (Oftener ) Sickly; not robust. [Colloq.]

Peaking
(Peak"ing) a.

Peacock butterfly
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