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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Buck-eyed :: Buck-eyed (a.) Having bad or speckled eyes.
Slip :: Slip (n.) An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip..
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..
Aphtha :: Aphtha (n.) One of the whitish specks called aphthae.
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..
Spriteful :: Sprite (n.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle..
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..
Peck :: Peck (v.) To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up..
Fleck :: Fleck (n.) A spot; a streak; a speckle.
Nutpecker :: Nutpecker (n.) The nuthatch.
Bespeckled :: Bespeckled (imp. & p. p.) of Bespeckl.
Logcock :: Logcock (n.) The pileated woodpecker.
Pianet :: Pianet (n.) The lesser woodpecker.
Sheld :: Sheld (a.) Variegated; spotted; speckled; piebald.
Henpecking :: Henpecking (p. pr. & vb.) of Henpec.
Ruble :: Ruble (n.) The unit of monetary value in Russia. It is divided into 100 copecks, and in the gold coin of the realm (as in the five and ten ruble pieces) is worth about 77 cents. The silver ruble is a coin worth about 60 cents..
Kopeck :: Kopeck (n.) A small Russian coin. One hundred kopecks make a rouble, worth about sixty cents..
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..
Whetile :: Whetile (n.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle. See Yaffle..
Speckled :: Speckled (a.) Marked or variegated with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface.
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