Beck (?), n.
See Beak.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
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Beck, n. [OE. bek, AS. becc; akin to Icel. bekkr brook, OHG. pah, G. bach.]
A small brook.
The brooks, the becks, the rills.
Drayton.
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Beck, n.
A vat. See Back.
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Beck, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Becked (); p. pr. & vb. n. Becking.] [Contr. of beckon.]
To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand.
[Archaic]
Drayton.
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Beck, v. t.
To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to.
[Archaic]
When gold and silver becks me to come on.
Shak.
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Beck, n.
A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command.
They have troops of soldiers at their beck.
Shak.
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