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Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Unit of volume with different values For the action of touching with one's lips, see Kiss. For other uses, see Peck (disambiguation).

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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peck is no longer widely used, some produce, such as apples, are still often sold by the peck in the U.S. (although it is obsolete in the UK, found only in the old nursery rhyme "Peter Piper" and in the Bible – e.g., Matthew 5:15 in some older translations).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 ≡ 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 ≡ 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.

v t e 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 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

v t e 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 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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