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Pronunciation : Beck
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: See Beak. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Beck
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. bek, AS. becc; akin to Icel. bekkr brook, OHG. pah, G. bach.]
Definition : Defn: A small brook. The brooks, the becks, the rills. Drayton.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Beck
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A vat. See Back.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Beck
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Contr. of beckon.]
Definition : Defn: To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand. [Archaic] Drayton.

i. [imp. & p. p. Becked (; p. pr. & vb. n. Becking.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Beck
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Beck
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913