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1828 Definition

PECK, n.

1. The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as a peck of wheat or oats.

2. In low language, a great deal; as, to be in a peck of troubles.

PECK, v.t.

1. To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into, as a bird that pecks a hole in a tree.

2. To strike with a pointed instrument, or to delve or dig with any thing pointed, as with a pick-ax.

3. To pick up food with the beak.

4. To strike with small and repeated blows; to strike in manner to make small impressions. In this sense,the verb is generally intransitive. We say, to peck at.]

[This verb and pick are radically the same.]
1913 Definition
Peck (peck)
n.
Peck
  1. The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.
    "A peck of provender." Shak.
  2. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
    "A peck of uncertainties and doubts." Milton.
  3. To strike with the beak] to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree.
  4. Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements.
  5. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up.
    Addison.

    This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons peas. Shak.

  6. To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.
  7. To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument.
    Carew.
  8. To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.

    [The hen] went pecking by his side. Dryden.

    To peck at, to attack with petty and repeated blows; to carp at; to nag; to tease.

  9. A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument.
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