The fourth
part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of
wheat.
A great deal; a large or excessive
quantity.
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To strike with the beak] to thrust the beak
into; as, a bird pecks a tree.
Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or
dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick,
etc., with repeated quick movements.
To seize and pick up with the beak, or as
with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up.
To make, by striking with the beak or a
pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.
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To
make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument.
To pick up food with the beak; hence, to
eat.
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A quick, sharp stroke,
as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument.
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