It's there, on page 620 of my Webster's Collegiate, along with a definition of "pecking order", the original title of this thread. Randy Brown, NH - -------------------------------------------------------------- List? where did the word pecking come from? i can"t find it in thedictionary. D.J.Heckman The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------