Peck

n.	1.	The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.
	2.	A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
v. t.	1.	To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree. [imp. & p. p. Pecked (pĕkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Pecking.]
	2.	Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements.
	3.	To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; - often with up. This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons peas. - Shak.
	4.	To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.
v. i.	1.	To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument.
	2.	To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat. [The hen] went pecking by his side. - Dryden. To peck at a - to attack with petty and repeated blows; to carp at; to nag; to tease. a - to eat slowly and in small portions, with litle interest; as, to peck at one's food.
n.	1.	A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument.

Noun	1.	peck - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty" Synonyms: good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, mickle, mint, muckle, quite a little, slew, spate, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew, stack, raft, pile, plenty, mass, batch, heap, deal, flock, pot, mess, sight
	2.	peck - a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
	3.	peck - a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
Verb	1.	peck - hit lightly with a picking motion Synonyms: beak, pick
	2.	peck - eat by pecking at, like a bird Synonyms: pick up
	3.	peck - kiss lightly Synonyms: smack
	4.	peck - eat like a bird; "The anorexic girl just picks at her food" Synonyms: peck at, pick at
	5.	peck - bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long" Synonyms: hen-peck, nag

PECK. A measure of capacity, equal to two gallons. Vide Measure.

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