Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Decayed in such a manner that holes or pockets are formed: applied especially by lumbermen to cypress timber affected in this manner, and also to a similar decay of cedar (Libocedrus) and other timber. The specific fungus which produces the decay in most cases is not known.
  • noun The palmated sandpiper.

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Examples

  • "And so you shall," cried Lady Warburton, and she actually stooped to kiss him, and then Dorothy, rather 'pecky' kisses, perhaps, but very genuine kisses notwithstanding.

    My Lady Caprice Jeffery Farnol 1915

  • The entire space was paneled in pecky cyprus wood.

    In the Mood for In-Between Spaces Rita Konig 2011

  • They did a 10-month remodeling that included making a television room out of a screened porch while preserving original details like the pecky cypress ceilings in the living room and library, the handblown stained-glass panes in the powder-room door and the Cuban tile floors in the dining room.

    A Modest Home For Palm Beach Sarah Tilton 2012

  • Here's hoping there wasn't too much unwelcome indoor pecky perching as a result of the repairiness x

    I like birds, but this is going too far Katy 2009

  • A committee of Democrat-appointed puppets to weed out all those pecky anti-tax, anti-spending, and anti-boondoggle initiatives.

    Sound Politics: These legislators mustn't have a very high opinion of their voters 2007

  • The home, approximately 5,000 square feet, is a block from the Atlantic Ocean, has an outdoor pool and "Roman spa" and the inside features "pecky cypress ceilings, and Travertine marble and cherry wood floors."

    Lehman Vet Grapples 2008

  • Now that the pecky has been unsheathed, what will they do to it next?

    Buzzine » Sex and the Cinema 2008

  • And all because the #2 kid loves to get picky pecky and agitate the other kids.

    Something New to Add to the Job Description List - SpouseBUZZ 2008

  • He said that when they cut open a cypress and discovered it was pecky, they used to shut down the whole operation, drive that one tree to market, and split the profits.

    What You Have Left Will Allison 2007

  • It had made me think of our pecky cypress walls, and sometimes I imagined my grandfather dead on a conveyor belt, a buzz saw slicing into his head as curious lumberjacks leaned in for a look.

    What You Have Left Will Allison 2007

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