beck

Definitions

1. 1.See Beak. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. 2.A small brook. The brooks, the becks, the rills. Drayton.
3. 3.A vat. See Back.
4. 4.To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand. [Archaic] Drayton.
5. 5.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.
6. 6.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 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a small brook. The brooks, the becks, the rills. Drayton called?
• What is to nod, or make a sign with the head or hand. [Archaic] Drayton called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is 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 called?