2. Verb. (third-person singular of peck) ¹
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Definition of Pecks
1. peck [v] - See also: peck
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pecks
Literary usage of Pecks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Selections from the Household Books of the Lord William Howard of Naworth by William Howard, George Ornsby (1878)
"8. ij pecks d. of salt, ijs. vj'1. 11. For ij dozen of powdered* linges from ...
March 3. D. bushel d. peck of salt, ijs. vjd. 9. iij pecks and a ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1771)
"... z pecks are the beft quantity, and when fown in treble rows: on the 7th, the
fame: on the 8th, ... 2 pecks, in treble rows, are the beft ; and that i ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1771)
"... z pecks are the beil quantity, and when fown in treble rows: on the 7th, the
fame : on the 8th, ... z pecks comet rearer than hitherto: on the i -,th, ..."
4. An Intermediate Arithmetic: Uniting Mental and Written Exercises in a by Emerson Elbridge White (1898)
"In 7J pecks? In lOf pecks? 6. How many pecks in 16 quarts? In 20 quarts? ...
How many bushels in 12 pecks? In 20 pecks? In 32 pecks? In 40 pecks? 9. ..."
5. The Small Grains by Mark Alfred Carleton (1920)
"In experiments at the North Dakota station for 2 years, the best rates of seeding
spring wheat, oats, and barley were 5| pecks, 8 pecks, ..."
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