Definition of peck

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Peck (v.) Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements..

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Chab :: Chab (n.) The red-bellied wood pecker (Melanerpes Carolinus).
Bespeckled :: Bespeckled (imp. & p. p.) of Bespeckl.
Dot :: Dot (n.) Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen; as, a dot of a child..
Spight :: Spight (n.) A woodpecker. See Speight.
Zygodactylous :: Zygodactylous (a.) Yoke-footed; having the toes disposed in pairs; -- applied to birds which have two toes before and two behind, as the parrot, cuckoo, woodpecker, etc..
Speck :: Speck (n.) A small discolored place in or on anything, or a small place of a color different from that of the main substance; a spot; a stain; a blemish; as, a speck on paper or loth; specks of decay in fruit..
Peck :: Peck (v. i.) To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument..
Speckled-bill :: Speckled-bill (n.) The American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons).
Modius :: Modius (n.) A dry measure, containing about a peck..
Sanded :: Sanded (a.) Marked with small spots; variegated with spots; speckled; of a sandy color, as a hound..
Contain :: Contain (v. t.) To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks..
Ivory-bill :: Ivory-bill (n.) A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States..
Bill :: Bill (v. i.) To strike; to peck.
Henpecked :: Henpecked (imp. & p. p.) of Henpec.
Peck :: Peck (v. i.) To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat..
Speckled :: Speckled (imp. & p. p.) of Speckl.
Spaky :: Spaky (a.) Specky.
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..
Slip :: Slip (n.) An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip..
Pick :: Pick (v.) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin..
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