Definition of peak

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Peak (n.) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc..

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Whisper :: Whisper (v. i.) To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound. See Whisper, n..
Call :: Call (v. i.) To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; -- sometimes with to.
Mute :: Mute (a.) Incapable of speaking; dumb.
Free-tongued :: Free-tongued (a.) Speaking without reserve.
Ineffably :: Ineffably (adv.) In a manner not to be expressed in words; unspeakably.
Extemporize :: Extemporize (v. i.) To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special preparation; to make an offhand address..
Us :: Us (pron.) The persons speaking, regarded as an object; ourselves; -- the objective case of we. See We..
Declaim :: Declaim (v. i.) To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week..
Hither :: Hither (adv.) To this place; -- used with verbs signifying motion, and implying motion toward the speaker; correlate of hence and thither; as, to come or bring hither..
Bespeak :: Bespeak (v. t.) To speak to; to address.
Peaking :: Peaking (a.) Mean; sneaking.
Stepped :: Stentorophonic (a.) Speaking or sounding very loud; stentorian.
Prate :: Prate (v. i.) To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble.
Hack :: Hack (v. t.) Fig.: To mangle in speaking.
Discourse :: Discourse (v. t.) To utter or give forth; to speak.
Articulate :: Articulate (v. i.) To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.
Gift :: Gift (v. t.) Some quality or endowment given to man by God; a preeminent and special talent or aptitude; power; faculty; as, the gift of wit; a gift for speaking..
Lip :: Lip (v. t.) To utter; to speak.
I :: I (object.) The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.
Un- :: Un- (adv.) Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; o
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