[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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 `

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

peck \peck\, v. t. imp.  p. p. pecked pe^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
see also:
pecked pecking pick 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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
see also:
to peck at 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

peck \peck\ pe^k, n.
   a quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a
   pointed instrument.
   1913 webster

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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"; "it must
          have cost plenty" syn: batch, deal, flock, good
          deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess,
           mickle, mint, muckle, pile, plenty, pot, quite
          a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy
          sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
     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: pick, beak
     2: eat by pecking at, like a bird syn: pick up
     3: kiss lightly syn: smack
     4: eat like a bird; "the anorexic girl just picks at her food"
        syn: pick at, peck at
     5: bother persistently with trivial complaints; "she nags her
        husband all day long" syn: nag, hen-peck
see also:
batch deal flock good deal great deal hatful 
heap lot mass mess mickle 
mint muckle pile plenty pot 
quite a little raft sight slew spate 
stack tidy sum wad whole lot whole slew 
pick beak pick up smack pick at 
peck at nag hen-peck 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

105 moby thesaurus words for "peck":
   abundance, acres, bags, barrel, barrels, batch, beak, brush, bug,
   bunt, bushel, buss, carp at, chuck, considerable, copiousness,
   countlessness, dab, deal, fillip, flick, flip, flirt, flood,
   fret at, fuss at, gobs, good deal, graze, great deal, hassle, heap,
   heaps, henpeck, lashings, lip, load, loads, lot, lots, lump, mass,
   mess, mint, mountain, much, multitude, nag, nibble, nibble at,
   niggle, nosh, numerousness, ocean, oceans, oodles, osculate, pack,
   pat, peck at, pester, pick, pick at, pick on, pile, piles,
   plenitude, plenty, pot, power, profusion, quantities, quantity,
   quite a little, raft, rafts, rap, scads, sea, sight, slew, slews,
   smack, smooch, snack, snap, spate, stack, stacks, superabundance,
   superfluity, tap, tickle, tidy sum, tip, tons, touch, volume, wad,
   wads, whisk, whole slew, world, worlds, yap at

[7] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

peck. a measure of capacity, equal to two gallons. vide measure. 

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

peck, id city, fips 61840
  location: 46.47387 n, 116.42409 w
  population 1990: 160 84 housing units
  area: 0.7 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 83545
peck, ks
  zip codes: 67120
peck, mi village, fips 63260
  location: 43.25907 n, 82.81651 w
  population 1990: 558 233 housing units
  area: 2.5 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 48466

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

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

[10] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

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

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