different between veery vs peery

English

Etymology

Probably imitative of the bird's call. Attested since the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v???i/

Noun

veery (plural veeries)

1. An American thrush (Catharus fuscescens) common in the Northern United States and Canada.

Translations

References

• “veery”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
• “veery”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• Every, every, verye, y'ever

English

Etymology 1

peer +? -y

Adjective

peery (comparative more peery or peerier, superlative most peery or peeriest)

1. (rare) That tends to peer; prying, inquisitive, curious.
   • 1821, Sir Walter Scott, Kenilworth

     The pupil, thus affectionately invoked, at length came stumbling into the room; a queer, shambling, ill-made urchin, who, by his stunted growth, seemed about twelve or thirteen years old, though he was probably, in reality, a year or two older, with a carroty pate in huge disorder, a freckled, sunburnt visage, with a snub nose, a long chin, and two peery grey eyes, which had a droll obliquity of vision, approaching to a squint, though perhaps not a decided one.

2. (rare) Of or pertaining to peers or the peerage.

Etymology 2

From Scots peerie.

Noun

peery (plural peeries)

1. (Scotland) spinning top

Anagrams

• Peyer, pyree