PEER, PEERING
ADJECTIVES
► SQUINNY peering, squinting, looking askance → 1825
VERBS
► GAAN ► GAWN to peer, to look intently → 1866 Sc.
► KAIN to peer, to look; to look shyly or askance → 1847 Eng. dial.
► LURK to peer furtively or slyly → 1440 obs.
► MEG to peer about → 1878 Eng. dial.
► SCRIME ► SKRIME to peer, to see an object dimly or from afar → 1889 Sc.
► SCRINK ► SKRINK to peer with screwed-up, half-closed eyes → 1897 Eng. dial.
► SQUINNY to peer with partly closed eyes, to peep → 1605
► SQUIZ to peer, to look at or glance → 1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
► TOOT to peer, to peep, to look out → 1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► TWIRE to peer, to peep → 1602 arch.
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