PEEP

In Isa 8:19, denotes the stifles, piping voice of necromancers.

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peep. Peep, n. a sly look, the first appearance

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Peep (pēp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Peeped (pēpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Peeping.] [[Of imitative origin; cf. OE. pipen, F. piper, pépier, L. pipire, pipare, pipiare, D. & G. piepen. Senses 2 and 3 perhaps come from a transfer of sense from the sound which chickens make upon the first breaking of the shell to the act accompanying it; or perhaps from the influence of peek, or peak. Cf. Pipe.]] 1. 1. To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep.
There was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. Is. x. 14. 2. 2. To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance.
When flowers first peeped, and trees did blossoms bear. Dryden. 3. 3. To look cautiously or slyly; to peer, as through a crevice; to pry.
Peep through the blanket of the dark. Shak. From her cabined loophole peep. Milton. Peep sight, an adjustable piece, pierced with a small hole to peep through in aiming, attached to a rifle or other firearm near the breech.