noun. A small brook; a creek.

noun. A gesture of beckoning or summons.

idiom. (at (someone's) beck and call) Ready to comply with any wish or command.

noun. A brook; a small stream; especially, a brook with a stony bed or rugged course.

noun. The valley of a beck; a field or patch of ground adjacent to a brook. See batch.

noun. A nod of the head or other significant gesture intended to be understood as expressive of a desire, or as a sign of command.

noun. A gesture of salutation or recognition; a bow; a courtesy.

noun. A vat or vessel used in a dye-house; a back.

To signal by a nod or other significant gesture; beckon.

To recognize a person by a slight bow or nod.

To summon or intimate some command or desire to by a nod or gesture; beckon to.

To express by a gesture: as, to beck thanks.

noun. A beak.

noun. Any pointed or projecting part of the dress, especially of a head-dress, as of the bycocket.

noun. Same as beck-harman.

noun. An agricultural implement with two hooks, used in dressing turnips, etc.; a form of mattock.

transitive verb. To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to.

intransitive verb. To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand.

noun. A vat. See back.

noun. A small brook.

noun. See beak.

noun. A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command.

noun. A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command.

verb. To nod or motion with the head.

noun. A stream or small river.

noun. a beckoning gesture

"It is the _brok lempe_ of old writers, _Veronica beccabunga_, the syllable _bec_ signifying a beck or brook; or perhaps the whole title comes from the Flemish _beck pungen_, mouth-smart, in allusion to the pungent taste of the plant."

at one's beck  clearing-beck  

becked  becking  

gesture  motion  

Cech  Czech  Dec  Eck  Lech  

Albert  Oliver  Rosamund  alan  commaundement  

adolescent stream  arroyo  bearing  beck and call  beckon  

back  beak