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.
Speckle :: Speckle (v. t.) To mark with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface; to variegate with spots of a different color from the ground or surface.
Peckish :: Peckish (a.) Inclined to eat; hungry.
Peckled :: Peckled (a.) Speckled; spotted.
Speckled :: Speckled (imp. & p. p.) of Speckl.
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..
Skimmington :: Skimmington (n.) A word employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts of England..
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..
Hickway :: Hickway (n.) The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor) of Europe.
Eccle :: Eccle (n.) The European green woodpecker; -- also called ecall, eaquall, yaffle..
Peck :: Peck (n.) A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
Pianet :: Pianet (n.) The lesser woodpecker.
Speckle :: Speckle (n.) A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself..
Pintos :: Pintos (n. pl.) A mountain tribe of Mexican Indians living near Acapulco. They are remarkable for having the dark skin of the face irregularly spotted with white. Called also speckled Indians.
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..
High-hoe :: High-hoe (n.) The European green woodpecker or yaffle.
Bespeckling :: Bespeckling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bespeckl.
Menild :: Menild (a.) Covered with spots; speckled; variegated.
Bespeckled :: Bespeckled (imp. & p. p.) of Bespeckl.
Peck :: Peck (v.) To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree..
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