Peck

Unit of volume with different values

For the action of touching with one's lips, see Kiss. For other uses, see Peck (disambiguation).

A half-peck apple bag

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A peck is an imperial and United States customary unit of dry volume,[1] 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peck is no longer widely used, some produce, such as apples, are still often sold by the peck in the U.S. (although it is obsolete in the UK, found only in the old nursery rhyme "Peter Piper" and in the Bible – e.g., Matthew 5:15 in some older translations).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

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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.

## Conversions

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| 1 imperial peck  | ≡ | ⁠1/4⁠ of an imperial bushel

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≡ | 2 imperial gallons
≡ | 8 imperial quarts
≡ | 16 imperial pints
≡ | 320 imperial fluid ounces
≡ | 9.09218 litres
≈ | 554.8389 cubic inches
≈ | 2.4019 US gallons
≈ | 9.6076 US quarts
≈ | 19.2152 US pints
≈ | 8.2564539 US dry quarts
≈ | 16.5129079 US dry pints
|  | 1 US peck  | ≡ | ⁠1/4⁠ of a US bushel

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≡ | 8 US dry quarts
≡ | 16 US dry pints
≡ | 537.605 cubic inches
≡ | 8.80976754172 litres
≡ | 2⁠15121/46200⁠ US gallons
≡ | 9⁠3571/11550⁠ US liquid quarts
≡ | 18⁠3571/5775⁠ US liquid pints
≈ | 1.937878 imperial gallons
≈ | 7.7515118 imperial quarts
≈ | 15.5030236 imperial pints
≈ | 310.060471 imperial fluid ounces

## See also

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* Bushel
* Obsolete Scottish units of measurement
* Winchester measure

## References

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1. ^ "peck". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-29.

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Imperial units

Comparison with US customary system

Length|

* Twip
* Thousandth of an inch
* Barleycorn
* Inch
* Hand
* Link
* Foot
* Yard
* Fathom
* Rod
* Chain
* Gunter's chain
* Furlong
* Cable
* Mile
* Nautical mile
* League

Area|

* Square inch
* Square foot
* Square yard
* Perch
* Rood
* Acre
* Square mile

Volume|

| Derived|

* Cubic inch
* Cubic foot
* Hoppus
* Cubic yard
* Cubic mile
* Tmcft

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Cooking|

* Teaspoon
* Tablespoon
* Fluid ounce
* Cup
* Pint
* Quart
* Trade gallon
* Gallon

Other|

* Chaldron
* Minim
* Gill
* Fluid Scruple
* Fluid Drachm
* Peck
* Bushel
* Barrel
* Stuck
* Hogshead

Speed|

* Miles per hour

Mass|

* Grain
* Drachm
* Ounce
* Pound (mass)
* Stone
* Quarter
* Slug
* Long hundred
* Hundredweight
* Ship load
* Ton

Pressure|

* Ksi
* Pounds per square inch

Other units and measures|

* British thermal unit
* Degree
* Fahrenheit
* Rankine
* Foot-candle
* Foot-pound
* Foot-poundal
* Horsepower
* Horsepower-hour
* Kenning
* Pound (force)
* Pound-foot
* Poundal
* Span
* Spinning count

Related systems|

* Avoirdupois system
* English units
* Winchester
* Exchequer
* English Engineering units
* Foot–pound–second system (FPS)
* Twenty-foot equivalent unit

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United States customary units

Comparison with imperial unit system

Length|

* Thousandth of an inch
* Inch
* Hand
* Link
* Foot
* Yard
* Rod
* Chain
* Furlong
* Mile
* Statute mile

Area|

* Square inch
* Square foot
* Square yard
* Acre
* Square mile

Volume|

| Derived|

* Cubic inch
* Cubic foot
* Cubic yard
* Cubic mile

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Cooking|

* Teaspoon
* Tablespoon
* Fluid ounce
* Cup
* Pint
* Quart
* Gallon

Wood|

* Board foot
* Cord
* Face cord

Other|

* Minim
* Gill
* Peck
* Bushel
* Barrel
* Acre-foot

Speed|

* Foot per second
* Miles per hour

Mass|

* Grain
* Dram
* Ounce
* Pound
* Hundredweight
* Ton
* Long
* Short

Force|

* Poundal
* Pound-force
* Kip

Pressure|

* Inch of mercury
* Pound per square inch
* Kilopound per square inch

Other units and measures|

* Bolt (cloth)
* British thermal unit
* Degree (angle)
* Fahrenheit
* Foot-candle
* Foot-lambert
* Foot-pound (energy)
* Horsepower
* Perm
* Pound-foot (torque)
* Spinning count
* Ton of refrigeration

Related systems|

* American wire gauge
* Avoirdupois system
* Body jewelry sizes
* English Engineering Units
* Foot–pound–second system of units

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