See Also: Peck(medicine)
peck(6)(dictionary)
peck(5)(dictionary)
peck(4)(dictionary)
peck(3)(dictionary)
peck(2)(dictionary)
peck(1)(dictionary)
Peck's bad boy(dictionary)
PECK(law)
peck horn(dictionary)

hebdomadarian (iou) and peck(1) (iou)


hebdomadarian (iou)



hebdomadarian noun. L19.
[from HEBDOMADARY + -IAN.]
= HEBDOMADARY noun.

peck(1) (iou)



peck noun1. ME.
[Anglo-Norman pek (whence Anglo-Latin pecca, peccum), of unkn. origin.]
A unit of capacity for dry goods equal to a quarter of a bushel, equivalent (in Britain) to two imperial gallons (approx. 9.09 litres) or (in the US) to eight quarts (approx. 8.81 litres), formerly also varying according to place and to the commodity measured. ME.
b. A liquid measure equal to two gallons. dial. L19.
A vessel of this capacity. ME.
A measure of land equal to three acres (approx. 1.214 hectares). LME-M18.
transf. A great quantity or number. Chiefly in a peck of trouble(s). M16.