4 entries under this word
n. [A.-S. becc, D. beck, Dan. bæk, Sw. bäck, Icel. beckr, L. Ger. becke, O. H. Ger. bach, Ger. bach, brook.] A small brook. “The brooks, the becks, the rills.” Drayton.
[I have] watched The beck roll glittering to the noon-tide sun. Southey.
n. [A-S. beacen, becen, sign, beacnian, becnian, bycnian, bycenan, to beckon; Icel. bakna, to nod; O. H. Ger. bauhnjan, pauhnen, puhnan. Cf. Sw. peka, Dan. pege, to point with the finger. Perhaps beck- is only a contr. of beckon. See BEACON and BECK-ON.] A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, as a call or command.
v. i. To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand. Drayt. m.
To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to.