单词 | pecket |
释义 | ˈpecket, v. [frequent. of peck v.1; perh. after F. picoter, or béqueter.] trans. and intr. To peck repeatedly, to continue pecking.
1862Miss Thackeray Story Eliz. ii. in Cornh. Mag. VI. 490 Empty stables, with chickens pecketting in the sun. 1866Village on Cliff iii, The great carved cupboard, with the two wooden birds pecketting each other's beaks. Ibid. ix, Cocks and hens are pecketing the fallen grains. 1896Barlow Martin's Company 176 (E.D.D.) Equally fatal would have been the pecketing of poultry. |

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