beck /ˈbɛk/noun 3verb 1forms 3 noun3 •A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command.Ah, knovv you not the Citie fauours them, And they haue troupes of Souldiers at their beck? — 1591 •(Northern-England) A stream or small river.[…]Whence, climing to the Cleeves, her selfe she firmlie sets / The Bourns, the Brooks, the Becks, the Rills, the Rivilets[…] — 1612 •A vat. verb1 •(no longer used) To nod or motion with the head.When gold and silver becks me to come on. — 1596 formsbecked · becking · becks
