A beadle.
See *hermanbeck.
·noun A small brook. II. Beck ·noun ·see <<Beak>>. III. Beck ·noun A vat. ·see <<Back>>. IV. Beck...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
a rivulet or brook. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
[the Anglo-Saxon becca]. A small mountain-brook or rivulet, common to all northern dialects. A Gae...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A beadle. CANT. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A justice of the peace. CANT. ...