Definition of peck

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Peck (n.) A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument..

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Henpecked :: Henpecked (imp. & p. p.) of Henpec.
Pearl-eyed :: Pearl-eyed (a.) Having a pearly speck in the eye; afflicted with the cataract.
Redhead :: Redhead (n.) The red-headed woodpecker. See Woodpecker.
Snapper :: Snapper (n.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle..
Strike :: Strike (n.) A bushel; four pecks.
Speck :: Speck (n.) A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust; he has not a speck of money..
Witwall :: Witwall (n.) The greater spotted woodpecker.
Crankbird :: Crankbird (n.) A small European woodpecker (Picus minor).
Pecker :: Pecker (n.) One who, or that which, pecks; specif., a bird that pecks holes in trees; a woodpecker..
Peck :: Peck (v.) Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements..
Bath :: Bath (n.) A Hebrew measure containing the tenth of a homer, or five gallons and three pints, as a measure for liquids; and two pecks and five quarts, as a dry measure..
Speckled :: Speckled (a.) Marked or variegated with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface.
Plashy :: Plashy (a.) Specked, as if plashed with color..
Scansorial :: Scansorial (a.) Capable of climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial bird; adapted for climbing; as, a scansorial foot..
Pianet :: Pianet (n.) The lesser woodpecker.
Flyspeck :: Flyspeck (n.) A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any insignificant dot..
Bespeckle :: Bespeckle (v. t.) To mark with speckles or spots.
Logcock :: Logcock (n.) The pileated woodpecker.
Speck :: Speck (n.) A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the Eastern United States.
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..
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