Beck

Definition of Beck

n.	1.	See Beak.
	1.	A small brook. The brooks, the becks, the rills. - Drayton.
	1.	A vat. See Back.
v. i.	1.	To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand. [imp. & p. p. Becked ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Becking.]
v. t.	1.	To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to. When gold and silver becks me to come on. - Shak.
n.	1.	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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