Peck

 ( Units Of Volume ) 

A peck is an Imperial unit and United States customary unit of dry measure, equivalent to 8 dry or 16 dry . An imperial peck is equivalent to 9.09218 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the peck is no longer widely used, some produce, such as , are still often sold by the peck in the U.S. (although it is obsolete in the UK, found only in the old nursery rhyme "Peter Piper" and in the Bible – e.g., in some older translations).

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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 (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

{
1 imperial peck	of an imperial bushel
	2 imperial gallons
	8 imperial quarts
	16 imperial pints
	320 imperial fluid ounces
	9.09218

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1 US peck	of a US bushel
	8 US dry quarts
	16 US dry pints
	537.605 cubic inches
	8.80976754172 litres
	2 US gallons
	9 US liquid quarts
	18 US liquid pints

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See also

• Bushel
• Obsolete Scottish units of measurement
• Winchester measure

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