What is to acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sicky. "Dwindle, peak, and pine." Shak called?
peak — To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sicky. "Dwindle, peak, and pine." Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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