Vocabulary : Peep to Peerage

Peep : To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep. ;; To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance. ;; To look cautiously or slyly; to peer, as through a crevice; to pry. ;; The cry of a young chicken; a chirp. ;; First outlook or appearance. ;; A sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place of concealment. ;; Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper (Trigna minutilla). ;; The European meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).
Peep sight : 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.
Peeped : of Peep
Peeper : A chicken just breaking the shell; a young bird. ;; One who peeps; a prying person; a spy. ;; The eye; as, to close the peepers.
Peephole : A hole, or crevice, through which one may peep without being discovered.

Peeping : of Peep
Peeping hole : See Peephole.
Peepul tree : A sacred tree (Ficus religiosa) of the Buddhists, a kind of fig tree which attains great size and venerable age. See Bo tree.
Peer : To come in sight; to appear. ;; To look narrowly or curiously or intently; to peep; as, the peering day. ;; One of the same rank, quality, endowments, character, etc.; an equal; a match; a mate. ;; A comrade; a companion; a fellow; an associate. ;; A nobleman; a member of one of the five degrees of the British nobility, namely, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron; as, a peer of the realm. ;; To make equal in rank. ;; To be, or to assume to be, equal.
Peerage : The rank or dignity of a peer. ;; The body of peers; the nobility, collectively.

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