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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Speckle :: Speckle (n.) A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself..
Hoop :: Hoop (n.) An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks..
Plashy :: Plashy (a.) Specked, as if plashed with color..
Woodchuck :: Woodchuck (n.) The yaffle, or green woodpecker..
Dot :: Dot (v. i.) To make dots or specks.
Dab :: Dab (n.) A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck.
Bicched :: Bicched (a.) Pecked; pitted; notched.
Popinjay :: Popinjay (n.) The green woodpecker.
Quartern :: Quartern (n.) A quarter. Specifically: (a) The fourth part of a pint; a gill. (b) The fourth part of a peck, or of a stone (14 ibs.)..
Strike :: Strike (n.) A bushel; four pecks.
Speck :: Speck (v. t.) To cause the presence of specks upon or in, especially specks regarded as defects or blemishes; to spot; to speckle; as, paper specked by impurities in the water used in its manufacture..
Grysbok :: Grysbok (n.) A small South African antelope (Neotragus melanotis). It is speckled with gray and chestnut, above; the under parts are reddish fawn..
Witwall :: Witwall (n.) The greater spotted woodpecker.
Logcock :: Logcock (n.) The pileated woodpecker.
Henpecked :: Henpecked (imp. & p. p.) of Henpec.
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..
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..
Piciformes :: Piciformes (n. pl.) A group of birds including the woodpeckers, toucans, barbets, colies, kingfishes, hornbills, and some other related groups..
Picariae :: Picariae (n. pl.) An extensive division of birds which includes the woodpeckers, toucans, trogons, hornbills, kingfishers, motmots, rollers, and goatsuckers. By some writers it is made to include also the cuckoos, swifts, and humming birds..
Flyspeck :: Flyspeck (n.) A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any insignificant dot..
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