peck
    n 1: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or
         extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot
         of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the
         rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must
         have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of
         money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great
         deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle,
         mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile,
         plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew,
         spate, stack, tidy sum, wad]
    2: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to
       2 gallons
    3: a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605
       cubic inches
    v 1: hit lightly with a picking motion [syn: peck, pick,
         beak]
    2: eat by pecking at, like a bird [syn: peck, pick up]
    3: kiss lightly [syn: smack, peck]
    4: eat like a bird; "The anorexic girl just picks at her food"
       [syn: pick at, peck at, peck]
    5: bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her
       husband all day long" [syn: nag, peck, hen-peck]

Peck \Peck\, n. [Perh. akin to pack; or, orig., an indefinite
   quantity, and fr. peck, v. (below): cf. also F. picotin a
   peak.]
   1. The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight
      quarts; as, a peck of wheat. "A peck of provender."
      --Shak.
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   2. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity. "A peck of
      uncertainties and doubts." --Milton.
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Peck \Peck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pecked (p[e^]kt); p. pr. &
   vb. n. Pecking.] [See Pick, v.]
   1. To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a
      bird pecks a tree.
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   2. 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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   3. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak;
      to bite; to eat; -- often with up. --Addison.
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            This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons peas. --Shak.
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   4. To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed
      instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.
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Peck \Peck\, v. i.
   1. To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed
      instrument. --Carew.
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   2. To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.
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            [The hen] went pecking by his side.   --Dryden.
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   To peck at,
      (a) to attack with petty and repeated blows; to carp at;
          to nag; to tease.
      (a) to eat slowly and in small portions, with litle
          interest; as, to peck at one's food.
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Peck \Peck\ (p[e^]k), n.
   A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a
   pointed instrument.
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PECK. A measure of capacity, equal to two gallons. Vide Measure. 

Peck, ID -- U.S. city in Idaho
   Population (2000):    186
   Housing Units (2000): 96
   Land area (2000):     0.268318 sq. miles (0.694941 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.268318 sq. miles (0.694941 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            61840
   Located within:       Idaho (ID), FIPS 16
   Location:             46.473786 N, 116.425083 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     83545
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Peck, ID
    Peck

Peck, MI -- U.S. village in Michigan
   Population (2000):    599
   Housing Units (2000): 253
   Land area (2000):     1.010187 sq. miles (2.616372 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.010187 sq. miles (2.616372 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            63260
   Located within:       Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
   Location:             43.258223 N, 82.816428 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     48466
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Peck, MI
    Peck