Beck

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A small brook.

II. Beck ·noun ·see Beak.

III. Beck ·noun A vat. ·see Back.

IV. Beck ·vi To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand.

V. Beck ·noun A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, ·esp. as a call or command.

VI. Beck ·vt To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to.