Peer (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Peered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Peering.] [OF. parir, pareir equiv. to F. paraître to appear, L. parere. Cf. Appear.] 1. To come in sight; to appear.
So honor peereth in the meanest habit. Shak.
See how his gorget peers above his gown! B. Jonson.
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.
Peering in maps for ports, and piers, and roads. Shak.
As if through a dungeon grate he peered. Coleridge.