n. See Beak. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
n. A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command. [ 1913 Webster ]
They have troops of soldiers at their beck. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
When gold and silver becks me to come on. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. bek, AS. becc; akin to Icel. bekkr brook, OHG. pah, G. bach. ] A small brook. [ 1913 Webster ]
The brooks, the becks, the rills. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A vat. See Back. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) A European fish (Pagellus centrodontus); the sea bream or braise. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. D. bek beak, and E. beak. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A sign made without words; a beck. “At the first beckon.” Bolingbroke. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
His distant friends, he beckons near. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
It beckons you to go away with it. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]