pecker

One that pecks, as a bird’s bill.

The penis.

Courage; pluck.

One who or that which pecks, picks, or hacks; especially, a bird that pecks, as in the compounds nutpecker, oxpecker, woodpecker, flower-pecker.

A picker or pickax.

In weaving, the picker of a loom; the shuttle-driver.

In telegraphy, a relay. Earlier forms of this apparatus pecked like a bird: hence the name.

Courage; spirits; good cheer.

One who, or that which, pecks; specif., a bird that pecks holes in trees; a woodpecker.

An instrument for pecking; a pick.