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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity. "A peck of uncertainties and doubts." --Milton. [1913 Webster] ` From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements. [1913 Webster] 3. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up. --Addison. [1913 Webster] This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons peas. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Peck \Peck\, v. i. 1. To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument. --Carew. [1913 Webster] 2. To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat. [1913 Webster] [The hen] went pecking by his side. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Peck \Peck\ (p[e^]k), n. A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: 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}]