Defn: See Peephole.
PEEP SIGHT
Peep sight.
Defn: An adjustable piece, pierced with a small hole to peep through in aiming, attached to a rifle or other firearm near the breech; — distinguished from an open sight.
PEEPUL TREE
Pee"pul tree`. Etym: [Hind. pipal, Skr. pippala.] (Bot.)
Defn: A sacred tree (Ficus religiosa) of the Buddhists, a kind of fig tree which attains great size and venerable age. See Bo tree. [Written also pippul tree, and pipal tree.]
PEER
Peer, v. i. [imp. & p.p Peered; p. pr. & vb. n. Peering.] Etym: [OF.
parir, pareir equiv. to F. paraître to appear, L. parere. Cf.
Appear.]
1. To come in sight; to appear. [Poetic] So honor peereth in the meanest habit. Shak. See how his gorget peers above his gown! B. Jonson.
2. Etym: [Perh. a different word; cf. OE. piren, LG. piren. Cf. Pry to peep.]
Defn: To look narrowly or curiously or intently; to peep; as, the
peering day. Milton.
Peering in maps for ports, and piers, and roads. Shak.
As if through a dungeon grate he peered. Coleridge.
PEER
Peer, n. Etym: [OE. per, OF. per, F. pair, fr. L. par equal. Cf.
Apparel, Pair, Par, n., Umpire.]