Definition of Pecky

1. marked by decay caused by fungi [adj PECKIER, PECKIEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pecky

peckerwood
peckerwood sawmill
peckerwoods
peckes
peckier
peckiest
pecking
pecking order
peckingly
peckings
peckish
peckishly
peckled
pecks
pecksniffian
pecky (current term)
pecopteris
pecora
pecoraite
pecorini
pecorino
pecorinos
pecs
pectase
pectases
pectate
pectates
pecten analis
pecten band

Literary usage of Pecky

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Tree Diseases by William Howard Rankin (1918)
"The pecky heartwood-rot is the only known disease of any importance which attacks this tree. pecky HEARTWOOD-ROT Caused by Fames ..."

2. Manual of Tree Diseases by William Howard Rankin (1918)
"The pecky heartwood-rot is the only known disease of any importance which attacks this tree. pecky HEARTWOOD-ROT Caused by Fames ..."

3. The Proofs of Spirit Forces by George Henslow (1920)
"I replied: 'You are correct except on one point, that pecky was not in the ... 'Well, College,' she replied, 'that is pecky (I should state here that ..."

4. The Art-literature Readers by Eulalie Osgood Grover, Frances Elizabeth Chutter (1907)
"cried pecky, and down he fluttered to the lawn. "That's right! ... pecky sat still, with his head on one side. He felt quite sure that if he waited and did ..."

5. Uses of Commercial Woods of the United States by William Logan Hall, Hu Maxwell (1911)
"pecky CYPRESS. It has been estimated that one-third of the cypress in the United States is diseased with a fungus popularly known as pecky, peggy, botty, ..."

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