Thesaurus: beck

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1. n. See Beak.
2. n. A small brook.
3. n. A vat. See Back.
4. v. i. To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand.
5. v. t. To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to.
6. n. A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command.
7. n. a beckoning gesture
8. See Beak. [Obs.] Spenser. A small brook. The brooks, the becks, the rills. Drayton. A vat. See Back. To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand. [Archaic] Drayton. 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. 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.
9. See Beak. [Obs.] Spenser.
10. n:100 n. a beckoning gesture