Definition of peck

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Peck (v. i.) To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument..

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Bushel :: Bushel (n.) A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts..
Bicched :: Bicched (a.) Pecked; pitted; notched.
Pearl :: Pearl (n.) A whitish speck or film on the eye.
Stormfinch :: Stormcock (n.) The green woodpecker.
Crankbird :: Crankbird (n.) A small European woodpecker (Picus minor).
Peckled :: Peckled (a.) Speckled; spotted.
Pecking :: Pecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pec.
Pintos :: Pintos (n. pl.) A mountain tribe of Mexican Indians living near Acapulco. They are remarkable for having the dark skin of the face irregularly spotted with white. Called also speckled Indians.
Henpeck :: Henpeck (v. t.) To subject to petty authority; -- said of a wife who thus treats her husband. Commonly used in the past participle (often adjectively).
Peck :: Peck (v.) To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up..
Bespeckled :: Bespeckled (imp. & p. p.) of Bespeckl.
Vervet :: Vervet (n.) A South African monkey (Cercopithecus pygerythrus, / Lelandii). The upper parts are grayish green, finely specked with black. The cheeks and belly are reddish white..
Modius :: Modius (n.) A dry measure, containing about a peck..
Slip :: Slip (n.) An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip..
Speckled-belly :: Speckled-belly (n.) The gadwall.
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..
Piculet :: Piculet (n.) Any species of very small woodpeckers of the genus Picumnus and allied genera. Their tail feathers are not stiff and sharp at the tips, as in ordinary woodpeckers..
Redhead :: Redhead (n.) The red-headed woodpecker. See Woodpecker.
Sanded :: Sanded (a.) Marked with small spots; variegated with spots; speckled; of a sandy color, as a hound..
Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) A red speck upon the skin, produced either by the extravasation of blood, as in the bloody sweat characteristic of certain varieties of religious ecstasy, or by capillary congestion, as in the case of drunkards..
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