under-peerv.
/ˌʌndəˈpɪə/, U.S. /ˌəndərˈpɪ(ə)r/ transitive and intransitive. To peer under.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > peer
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1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. vi. 128 Within they are stuffed full of browne paper and tow, which the shrewd boyes vnderpeering, do guilefully discouer and turne to a great derision.
1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre ii. v. 27 in Wks. II Are you under-peering, you Baboun? rip off my hose, an' you be men.
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