Definition of peck

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Peck (v.) To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree..

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Modius :: Modius (n.) A dry measure, containing about a peck..
Pearl-eyed :: Pearl-eyed (a.) Having a pearly speck in the eye; afflicted with the cataract.
Hewhole :: Hewhole (n.) The European green woodpecker. See Yaffle.
Slip :: Slip (n.) An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip..
Peck :: Peck (v.) To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up..
Bill :: Bill (v. i.) To strike; to peck.
Speck :: Speck (n.) A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust; he has not a speck of money..
Pearl :: Pearl (n.) A whitish speck or film on the eye.
Woodnewer :: Woodnewer (n.) A woodpecker.
Mailed :: Mailed (a.) Spotted; speckled.
Flicker :: Flicker (n.) The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca..
Wryneck :: Wryneck (n.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species (J. torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck..
Carpintero :: Carpintero (n.) A california woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus), noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. The acorns become infested by insect larvae, which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird..
Pigpecker :: Pigpecker (n.) The European garden warbler (Sylvia, / Currica, hortensis); -- called also beccafico and greater pettychaps..
Witwall :: Witwall (n.) The greater spotted woodpecker.
Speckt :: Speckt (n.) A woodpecker. See Speight.
Mote :: Mote (n.) A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially small; a speck..
Speckle :: Speckle (n.) A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself..
Bespeckle :: Bespeckle (v. t.) To mark with speckles or spots.
Speck :: Speck (n.) A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the Eastern United States.
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