{{Short description|Unit of volume with different values}} {{for multi|the action of touching with one's lips|Kiss|other uses}} thumb|upright|A half-peck apple bag {{Wiktionary}}
A '''peck''' is an imperial and United States customary unit of dry volume,<ref name="EB-peck">{{Cite encyclopedia | title=peck | encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica | url = http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/448327/peck | publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online | date=2011 | access-date=2011-09-29}}</ref> equivalent to 8 dry quarts or 16 dry pints. An imperial peck is equivalent to 9.09218 liters and a US customary peck is equivalent to 8.80976754172 liters. Four pecks make a bushel. Although the peck is no longer widely used, some produce, such as apples, are still often sold by the peck in the U.S. (although it is obsolete in the UK, found only in the old nursery rhyme "Peter Piper" and in the Bible – e.g., Matthew 5:15 in some older translations).
==Scotland before 1824==
In Scotland, the peck was used as a dry measure until the introduction of imperial units as a result of the Weights and Measures Act 1824. The peck was equal to about 9 litres (1.98 Imp gal) (in the case of certain crops, such as wheat, peas, beans and meal) and about 13 litres (2.86 Imp gal) (in the case of barley, oats and malt). A firlot was equal to 4 pecks.
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==Conversions== {| |- valign=top | {| |- |rowspan=12 valign=top|1 imperial peck |≡||{{sfrac|4}} of an imperial bushel |- |≡||2 imperial gallons |- |≡||8 imperial quarts |- |≡||16 imperial pints |- |≡||320 imperial fluid ounces |- |≡||9.09218 litres |- |≈||{{convert|2|impgal|cuin|sigfig=7|disp=output only|abbr=off|lk=on}} |- |≈||{{convert|2|impgal|USgal|sigfig=5|abbr=off|disp=output only}} |- |≈||{{convert|2|impgal|USqt|sigfig=5|abbr=off|disp=output only}} |- |≈||{{convert|2|impgal|USpt|sigfig=6|abbr=off|disp=output only}} |- |≈||{{convert|2|impgal|USdryqt|sigfig=8|abbr=off|disp=output only}} |- |≈||{{convert|2|impgal|USdrypt|sigfig=9|abbr=off|disp=output only}} |- |} |width=25%| | {| |- |rowspan=14 valign=top|1 US peck |≡||{{sfrac|4}} of a US bushel |- |≡||8 US dry quarts |- |≡||16 US dry pints |- |≡||537.605 cubic inches |- |≡||8.80976754172 litres |- |≡||2{{sfrac|15121|46200}} US gallons |- |≡||9{{sfrac|3571|11550}} US liquid quarts |- |≡||18{{sfrac|3571|5775}} US liquid pints |- |≈||{{convert|8|USdryqt|impgal|sigfig=7|abbr=off|disp=output only}} |- |≈||{{convert|8|USdryqt|impqt|sigfig=8|abbr=off|disp=output only}} |- |≈||{{convert|8|USdryqt|imppt|sigfig=9|abbr=off|disp=output only}} |- |≈||{{convert|8|USdryqt|impoz|sigfig=9|abbr=off|disp=output only}} |} |}
== See also == * Bushel * Obsolete Scottish units of measurement * Winchester measure
== References == {{reflist}}
{{Imperial units}} {{United States Customary Units}}
Category:Units of volume Category:Customary units of measurement in the United States Category:Imperial units Category:Obsolete Scottish units of measurement Category:Obsolete units of measurement