n. [ Bo + peep. ] The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of looking out and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened. [ 1913 Webster ]
I for sorrow sung,
That such a king should play bopeep,
And go the fools among. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An incidental or casual speech, not directly relating to the point. “To quote by-speeches.” Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Calipash ] A part of a turtle which is attached to the lower shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a light yellowish color, much esteemed as a delicacy. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Calipee. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ OE. comper, through French fr. L. compar; com- + par equal. See Peer an equal, and cf. 1st Compare. ] An equal, as in rank, age, prowess, etc.; a companion; a comrade; a mate. [ 1913 Webster ]
And him thus answer'd soon his bold compeer. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
His compeer in arms. Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To be equal with; to match. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
In my rights,
By me invested, he compeers the best. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Coupe. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. coupé, n., properly p. p. of couper to cut. Cf. Coupé, Coopee. ] A motion in dancing, when one leg is a little bent, and raised from the floor, and with the other a forward motion is made. Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The dawn. [ Poetic ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To send hastily. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Despeeded certain of their crew. Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Pref. dis- + speed. ] To send off with speed; to dispatch. [ Obs. ] Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]
Then they dispeeded themselves of the Cid and of their mother-in-law, Do&unr_;a Ximena. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Philopena. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A preface. [ Obs. ] Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Bot.) The West Indian Sciadophyllum Brownei, a tree with very large digitate leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Success; prosperous journeying; -- a contraction of the phrase, “God speed you.”
Receive him not into house, neither bid him God speed. 2 John 10. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n. A speech interposed between others. [ R. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Wrong speech. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To excel. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To excel in speed. [ 1913 Webster ]
Outspeed the realized miracles of steam. Talfourd. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To peer over; to rise above. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
take a pee, meaning, to urinate. [ PJC ]
n. See 1st Pea. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To urinate. [ informal ] [ PJC ]
n. & v. [ Obs. ] See Piece. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. (Zool.) The dauw. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Urination; -- an informal term;
v. i. [ OE. piken: cf. F. piquer to pierce, prick, E. pique. Cf. Peak. ] To look surreptitiously, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A child's game; bopeep. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. pel. Cf. Pile a heap. ] A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. pelle, L. pala. ] A spadelike implement, variously used, as for removing loaves of bread from a baker's oven; also, a T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry. Also, the blade of an oar. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Confused with peel to strip, but fr. F. piller to pillage. See Pill to rob, Pillage. ] To plunder; to pillage; to rob. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
But govern ill the nations under yoke,
Peeling their provinces. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
n. The skin or rind;
n. (Zool.) A graceful and swift South African antelope (Pelea capreola). The hair is woolly, and ash-gray on the back and sides. The horns are black, long, slender, straight, nearly smooth, and very sharp. Called also
pos>adj. Naked; -- used informally.
n. One who peels or strips. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Peel to plunder. ] A pillager. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A nickname for a policeman; -- so called from
n. See 1st Peel. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. G. pinne pane of a hammer. ]
v. t. To draw, bend, or straighten, as metal, by blows with the peen of a hammer or sledge. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To complain. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
There was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. Is. x. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]
When flowers first peeped, and trees did blossoms bear. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Peep through the blanket of the dark. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
From her cabined loophole peep. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Peep sight,
n.
Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]
To take t' other peep at the stars. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
Peep show,
Peep-o'-day boys,
n.
Who's there? peepers, . . . eavesdroppers? J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A hole, or crevice, through which one may peep without being discovered. [ 1913 Webster ]