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

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