Which preposition to use with pecks

of Occurrences 200%

Take half a peck of fine flour, the yolks of six eggs and four whites, a little salt, a pint of ale yeast, and as much new milk made warm as will make it a thin light paste, stir it about with your hand, but be sure you don't knead them; have ready six wooden quarts or pint dishes, fill them with the paste, (not over full) let them stand a quarter of an hour to rise, then turn them out into the oven, and when they are baked rasp them.

at Occurrences 82%

Small things may be pecked at, trifles may be made mountains of by the disgruntled, but where does he get a clear-sighted, whole-hearted estimate of himself and his work?

for Occurrences 9%

Allow 1/2 peck for 6 or 7 persons.

to Occurrences 5%

" I unstrapped my valise, took off the saddle, and, having seen Peck to his fodder-tent, where I left him with some ears of corn in an old basket, returned to the shanty.

in Occurrences 5%

Your orders are to peck in the fields.

about Occurrences 4%

So stillthe watching woodland peers And pecks about them, butterflies Light on her handa flower; eve hears Two questions, two replies O love that never dies!

on Occurrences 3%

She had been debating with herself whether or not to confide to her mother the story of the tragic tableau of which she had been an accidental witness, when Mrs. Strong had dashed into her bedroom to give her a hurried peck on the cheek and to say that she was off to luncheon and the matinée with Mrs. Starrett.

per Occurrences 2%

His rule of seeding is the following: Wheat, from 8 to 10 pecks per acre Barley, from 12 to 14 " " " Oats, from 18 to 22 " " " Winter Beans, 8 " " " Red Clover, 20 lbs " " White Clover, 16 lbs " " Trefoil, 30 to 35 lbs.

by Occurrences 2%

But, if you insist on goin' ahead and earnin' your daily peck by smashin' things and layin' out the onsofisticated, all I have got to say is, that next time you've got a sure thing to make a speck, by telegrafin' me at Skeensboro, I won't mind comin' down and takin' a hand in, if my pocketin' a few hundred thousands will be the means of betterin' your morrils, by my sharin' your burden.

like Occurrences 1%

The Greek line broke up into fragments, around which the Bulgarians clustered and pecked like vultures at a feast.

against Occurrences 1%

Coulter had warned Peck against giving Merriwell an outcurve.

over Occurrences 1%

They seem to have stood about in a hen-like manner for a time, and scratched a little and chirrawked meditatively, and then one pecked at and pecked over a hive of the doctor's bees, and after that they set off in a gawky, jerky, feathery, fitful sort of way across the fields towards Urshot, and Hickleybrow Street saw them no more.

through Occurrences 1%

At Mr. Skinner's urgency he went into the runs but after he had been pecked through the cracks in his shoes once or twice he got out again, and watched these monsters through the wire netting.

between Occurrences 1%

Crusoe went forward at a bound, and was met by a peck between the eyes that would have turned most dogs; but Crusoe only winked, and the next moment the eagle's career was ended.

among Occurrences 1%

A Northern pinewood once we knew, My dear, when younger by some lustres, Where little painted crossbills flew And pecked among the fir-cone clusters; They hobnobbed and sidled In coats all aflame, While young Autumn idled,

down Occurrences 1%

I can manage the little comb; set my hat, shake my garniture, toss about my empty noddle, walk with a courant slur, and at every step peck down my head: If I should be mistaken for some courtier now, pray where's the difference?

along Occurrences 1%

The little hedgerow birds, That peck along the road, regard him not.

into Occurrences 1%

" Almost immediately the office boy ushered Mr. Peck into Cappy's presence.

Which preposition to use with  pecks