Peck

Peck
This famous surname is English. It has at least three possible origins. The first was a metonymic occupational name for someone who dealt in weights and measures, either as a civil official responsible for ensuring that goods were sold at the correct weight, or a corn merchant, one who dealt in "pekkes". A pekke was a medieval measure of dry goods and equivalent to eight quarters of twenty eight pounds each. This was a large weight, but one that was used even into the 20th century in England. The second source is from a variant of Peak, a topographical surname for someone who lived by a pointed hill. Here the derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th century word "peac", meaning a point. Thirdly the name could be locational from the Peak District of Derbyshire, and as such was derived from the descriptive word "peac-land". The first recording (see below) is from the occupational source of the name. Among the recordings in London is the christening of Edward, son of John Peck, on March 27th 1580 at St. Antholin, Budge Row. Francis Peck was an early emigrant to America, leaving London, on board the "Alexander", bound for the "Barbadoes" in May 1635. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Richard Pecke, which was dated 1187, in the "Pipe Rolls of Hampshire", during the reign of King Henry 11nd of England, 1154 - 1189. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Peck — Peck, n. [Perh. akin to pack; or, orig., an indefinite quantity, and fr. peck, v. (below): cf. also F. picotin a peak.] 1. The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat. A peck of provender. Shak. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • peck — peck1 [pek] vt. [ME pecken, var. of picken,PICK3, in specialized senses] 1. to strike with a pointed object, as with a beak 2. to make by doing this [to peck a hole] 3. to pick up with the beak; get by pecking vi …   English World dictionary

  • Peck — Peck, v. i. 1. To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument. Carew. [1913 Webster] 2. To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat. [1913 Webster] [The hen] went pecking by his side. Dryden. [1913 Webster] {To peck at}, to attack… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Peck — Peck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pecked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pecking}.] [See {Pick}, v.] 1. To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Peck, ID — U.S. city in Idaho Population (2000): 186 Housing Units (2000): 96 Land area (2000): 0.268318 sq. miles (0.694941 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.268318 sq. miles (0.694941 sq. km) FIPS code:… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Peck, MI — U.S. village in Michigan Population (2000): 599 Housing Units (2000): 253 Land area (2000): 1.010187 sq. miles (2.616372 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.010187 sq. miles (2.616372 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • peck — Ⅰ. peck [1] ► VERB 1) (of a bird) strike or bite with its beak. 2) kiss lightly or perfunctorily. 3) (peck at) informal eat (food) listlessly or daintily. 4) type slowly and laboriously. ► NOUN …   English terms dictionary

  • Peck — Peck, n. A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • peck — pèck s.m.inv. TS metrol. unità di misura inglese di capacità per aridi, equivalente a litri 9,09 | unità di misura americana di capacità per liquidi, corrispondente a litri 8,810 {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1895. ETIMO: dall ingl. peck pl. pecks, di …   Dizionario italiano

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