pecca

1 pecca, peccum [ME, OF pek] 1 dry measure, one quarter of a bushel, peck. 1308 j pecka frumenti Doc. Bec 164; j ~a Ib. 165; 1337 in ix panibus pro equis et canibus provenientibus de j ~o frumenti Ac. Ep. Bath. 96; c1338 in j pekko salis MonA II 584a; vj equi ad plenam prebendam et xiiij quorum quilibet j pekka Ib. 584b; 1346 de lviij ringis, ij busellis, j ~a frumenti et lviij ringis, ij busellis, j pecka ordei ‥ summa vxxxvij ringe, ij pecke Rec. Elton 329; 1415 die Lune ‥ pro ‥ iiij bussellis iij ~is avene ad viij d. iij s. ij d. Analog. Cant. Pilg. 5; 1453 de precio j quarterii, iij bussellorum, ij ~arum frumenti ‥ de precio lvij quarteriorum, j busselli, ij ~arum avene Ac. H. Buckingham 31; 1479 ~e frumenti ‥ ; summa totalis frumenti, xxxiiij celdre, xij bolle, ij dim. ~e; summa totalis avenarum ‥ ij ~e ExchScot 569; 1538 onerat se cum ‥ iij ~is thrid part ~e, frumenti Rent. S. Andr. 3; 1567 terram firmarii in qua seminare potest unum bussellum unam peckam frumenti Surv. Pembr. 85. 2 vessel that measures one peck. 1338 item j mensura precium viij d. item j ~a, precium ij d. item iij sacci, precium ij s. Ac. Durh. 200; 1393 pro j ~o ligneo pro mensura avenarum, iij d. Ac. H. Derby 158.