Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PECK
PECK, n. [Arm. peck, a fourth; Fr. picotin.]
- The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; us, a peck of wheat or oats.
- In low language, a great deal; as, to be in a peck of troubles. Qu. pack.
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