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Peaky
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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World English Dictionary
| peak (piːk) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a pointed end, edge, or projection: the peak of a roof |
| 2. | the pointed summit of a mountain |
| 3. | a mountain with a pointed summit |
| 4. | the point of greatest development, strength, etc: the peak of his career |
| 5. | a. a sharp increase in a physical quantity followed by a sharp decrease: a voltage peak |
| b. the maximum value of this quantity | |
| c. (as modifier): peak voltage | |
| 6. | Also called: visor a projecting piece on the front of some caps |
| 7. | a. See widow's peak |
| b. the pointed end of a beard | |
| 8. | nautical |
| a. the extreme forward (forepeak) or aft (afterpeak) part of the hull | |
| b. (of a fore-and-aft quadrilateral sail) the after uppermost corner | |
| c. the after end of a gaff | |
| —vb | |
| 9. | (tr) nautical to set (a gaff) or tilt (oars) vertically |
| 10. | to form or reach or cause to form or reach a peak or maximum |
| —adj | |
| 11. | of or relating to a period of highest use or demand, as for watching television, commuting, etc: peak viewing hours; peak time |
| [C16: perhaps from | |
| 'peaky | |
| —adj | |
| 'peakish | |
| —adj | |
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