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peck

Obsolete unit of dry measure, equalling eight quarts or a quarter bushel (9.002 litres).



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So on they went together into the town: and as they passed by a butcher's shop, the sparrow said to the dog, 'Stand there a little while till I peck you down a piece of meat.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
"You may be a treasure," quoth Master Cock, "to men that prize you, but for me I would rather have a single barley-corn than a peck of pearls.
Fables by Aesop View in context
If I cannot help you I SHALL die; but, to enable me to help you, you must flee like a bird out of the nest where these owls, these birds of prey, are seeking to peck you to death.
Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
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