Sc. and north. dial. [f. KEEK v.] A peep; see the verb.
1773. Fergusson, Poems (1785), 215 (E. D. D.). So glowr the saints when first is given A fav’rite keek o’ glore and heaven.
1785. Burns, Halloween, xix. He by his shouther gae a keek.
1824. Scott, Redgauntlet, ch. xii. Take a keek into Pate’s letter before ye deliver it.
1863. in Robson, Bards of Tyne, 232. From it down every Quayside-chare there’s such a glorious keek.
1886. Stevenson, Kidnapped, xviii. 174. Let’s take another keek at the red-coats.
b. Comb., as keek-hole, a peep-hole; keek-show, a peep-show.
1883. Sunday Mag., Sept., 574/2. A rich assortment of merry-go-rounds, keek-shows, and jugglers.
1891. R. Ford, Thistledown, 87 (E. D. D.). Keek-holes through which fitful glances are obtained.
Keek, variant of KEAK v. Obs., to cackle.
