peering

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Peer \Peer\ (p[=e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Peered; p. pr. & vb. n. Peering.] [OF. parir, pareir equiv. to F. para[^i]tre to appear, L. parere. Cf. Appear.]

1.To come in sight; to appear. [Poetic] [1913 Webster]

So honor peereth in the meanest habit.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

See how his gorget peers above his gown!— B. Jonson.[1913 Webster]

2.[Perh. a different word; cf. OE. piren, LG. piren. Cf. Pry to peep.] To look narrowly or curiously or intently; to peep; as, the peering day. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Peering in maps for ports, and piers, and roads.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

As if through a dungeon grate he peered.— Coleridge.[1913 Webster]