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A stream or small river.NorfolkNorthern-England
- […]Whence, climing to the Cleeves, her selfe she firmlie sets / The Bourns, the Brooks, the Becks, the Rills, the Rivilets[…]
- […] the sky is blue, and the larks are singing, and the becks and brooks are all brim full.
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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?
- Haste thee nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles,
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To nod or motion with the head.archaic
- When gold and silver becks me to come on.
- I'll buy so many acres of old Scotland and call them by the Lockerby's name; and I'll have nobles and great men come bowing and becking to David Lockerby as they do to Alexander Gordon.
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A vat.
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Obsolete form of beak.alt-ofobsolete
- Headed like owles, with beckes 4 uncomely bent