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 ]

{ } v. i. See Compear. [ 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. [ F. épopée, Gr. &unr_;; 'e`pos song + &unr_; to make. See Epos. ] An epic poem; epic poetry. [ 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.” [ Written also as two separate words. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Receive him not into house, neither bid him God speed. 2 John 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. same as fast; as, fast film. Opposite of slow. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. performed at a high rate of speed; as, a high-speed auto chase on the freeway.
Syn. -- hot. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. 1. (Naut.) Bill of an anchor. See Peak, 3 (c). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Urine. [ PJC ]

3. The act of urinating; -- used in the informal
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; as, he doesn't like peeing out of doors. [ Inform. ]
Syn. -- pee, pissing, urinating. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. [ imp. & p. p. Peeled p. pr. & vb. n. Peeling. ] [ F. peler to pull out the hair, to strip, to peel, fr. L. pilare to deprive of hair, fr. pilus a hair; or perh. partly fr. F. peler to peel off the skin, perh. fr. L. pellis skin (cf. Fell skin). Cf. Peruke. ] 1. To strip off the skin, bark, or rind of; to strip by drawing or tearing off the skin, bark, husks, etc.; to flay; to decorticate; as, to peel an orange. [ 1913 Webster ]

The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To strip or tear off; to remove by stripping, as the skin of an animal, the bark of a tree, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To lose the skin, bark, or rind; to come off, as the skin, bark, or rind does; -- often used with an adverb; as, the bark peels easily or readily. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To strip naked; to disrobe. Often used with down . [ nformal ] [ PJC ]

n. The skin or rind; as, the peel of an orange. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 rheeboc, rhebuck, rhebok, and rehboc. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>adj. Naked; -- used informally.
Syn. -- bare-assed, bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, raw, naked as a jaybird, stark naked. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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 Sir Robert Peel. [ British Slang ] See Bobby. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See 1st Peel. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. G. pinne pane of a hammer. ] (a) A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation. (b) The sharp-edged end of the head of a mason's hammer. [ Spelt also pane, pein, and piend. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ imp. & p. p. Peeped p. pr. & vb. n. Peeping. ] [ Of imitative origin; cf. OE. pipen, F. piper, pépier, L. pipire, pipare, pipiare, D. & G. piepen. Senses 2 and 3 perhaps come from a transfer of sense from the sound which chickens make upon the first breaking of the shell to the act accompanying it; or perhaps from the influence of peek, or peak. Cf. Pipe. ] 1. To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep. [ 1913 Webster ]

There was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. Is. x. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance; as, the sun peeped over the eastern hills. [ 1913 Webster ]

When flowers first peeped, and trees did blossoms bear. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To look cautiously or slyly; to peer, as through a crevice; to pry. [ 1913 Webster ]

Peep through the blanket of the dark. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

From her cabined loophole peep. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The cry of a young chicken; a chirp. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. First outlook or appearance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place of concealment. [ 1913 Webster ]

To take t' other peep at the stars. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) (a) Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper (Trigna minutilla). (b) The European meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis). [ 1913 Webster ]

Peep show, a small show, or object exhibited, which is viewed through an orifice or a magnifying glass. --
Peep-o'-day boys, the Irish insurgents of 1784; -- so called from their visiting the house of the loyal Irish at day break in search of arms. [ Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A chicken just breaking the shell; a young bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who peeps; a prying person; a spy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who's there? peepers, . . . eavesdroppers? J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The eye; as, to close the peepers. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A hole, or crevice, through which one may peep without being discovered. [ 1913 Webster ]