Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat. 2. (n.) A great deal; a large or excessive quantity. 3. (v.) To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree. 4. (v.) Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements. 5. (v.) To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up. 6. (v.) To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree. 7. (v. i.) To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument. 8. (v. i.) To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat. 9. (n.) A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument.

Multi-Version Concordance Peck (3 Occurrences) Matthew 13:4 As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up. (WEY) Mark 4:4 As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up. (WEY) Luke 8:5 "The sower," He said, "goes out to sow his seed; and as he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and is trodden upon, or the birds of the air come and peck it up. (WEY)