peckle
/ˈpɛkl/Chiefly Scottish. Now rare
verb
[with object] To peck lightly or repeatedly. Also (occasionally) without object.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Allan Cunningham (1784–1842), poet and songwriter. From peck + -le. In later use perhaps influenced by heckle.
- sell short
- sell someone a bill of goods
- sell someone a dummy
- sell someone a (or the) dummy
- sell someone a pup
- sell someone down the river
- sell someone/thing short
- sell something for a mess of pottage
- sell the pass
- sell-through
- Selma
- Selous, Frederick Courteney
- seltzer
- seltzer water
- selva
- selvage
- selvedge
- selves
- Selye, Hans Hugo Bruno
- Selznick, David O.
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- Sem.
- sema
- semacode
- Semainean