pecky

[pek-ee]

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adjective, peck·i·er, peck·i·est. (of timber)

spotted with fungi.

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Origin of pecky

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50; peck² + -y¹

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Sometimes as in "pecky" or "peggy" cypress, 235 the decayed tracts are tubular.
Wood and Forest
William Noyes