Available Definitions:
1) a. - Mean; sneaking.
2) a. - Pining; sickly; peakish.
3) n. - The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc.
4) n. - The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
5) n. - The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
6) v. i. - To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
7) v. i. - To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sicky.
8) v. i. - To pry; to peep slyly.
9) v. t. - 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.