Daily AncestorPeck
A peck is a dry measure of 8 quarts, one quarter of a bushel, used for grain, meal, seed and vegetables.
Four pecks make a bushel, and a U.S. peck holds 537.605 cubic inches. In accounts, inventories and store books the peck is the everyday measure for smaller amounts: a peck of salt, a peck of seed potatoes, half a peck of beans.
The word also meant a large amount in general speech, as in a peck of trouble.
As seen in a recordStore account, 1790s
To 1 peck salt ... 0. 1. 6
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