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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 33 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PECK , a dry measure of capacity, especially used for See also:

grain. It contains 8 quarts or 2 gallons, and is 4 of a See also:bushel. The imperial peck contains 554'548 cub. in., in the See also:United States of See also:America 537'6 cub. in. The word is in M.E. pek, and is found latinized as peccum or pekka. In Med. See also:Lat. are found picotinus, " mensura frumentaria," and picotus, " mensura liquidorum " (Du Cange, See also:Gloss. s.vv.) These words seem to be connected with the Fr. picoter, to peck, of a See also:bird, and this would identify the word with " peck," a variant of " pick," a tap or stroke of the See also:beak, especially used of the See also:action of a bird in picking up grain or other See also:food.

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