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▪ I. peery, n. Sc. and north.|ˈpɪərɪ|
Also piry, peary, peerie.
[perh. dim. of pere, pear, from its shape.]
A peg-top, made to spin with a string.
1805McIndoe Moses's Compl. Poems 40 Bowls, and ba's, and taps, and pirys. 1816Scott Antiq. xx, Mony's the peery and the tap I worked for him langsyne. 1879Thomson & Tait Nat. Phil. I. i. §106 It is the case of a common spinning-top (peery), spinning on a very fine point. 1882Life J. Clerk Maxwell iii. 51 He..took some interest in the spinning of ‘pearies’.
▪ II. peery, a.1|ˈpɪərɪ|
[f. peer v.2 + -y.]
Inclined to peer; given to peering or looking narrowly or curiously; hence, prying, inquisitive, suspicious.
a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Peery, fearful, shy, sly. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) V. 71 They engaged a peery servant..to watch all her motions. 1821Scott Kenilw. ix, Two peery gray eyes, which had a droll obliquity of vision. ― Pirate xxxi, And here..we have been wasting our precious time, till folk are grown very peery. 1891Temple Bar Mag. July 365 Eyes small, bright, ‘peery’, and quick glancing.
b. Rogues' Cant. Knowing, sly.
a1757Cibber Refusal iii. (1777) 49 Are you peery, as the cant is? In short do you know what I would be at now? 1804Collins Scripscrap 24 An old peery Sharper, deep vers'd in the game.
▪ III. peery, a.2
see under peer n. |