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   Beck (), n. See Beak. [Obs.]  Spenser.
   
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   Beck, n. [OE. bek, AS. becc; akin to Icel. bekkr brook, OHG. pah, G. bach.] A small brook.
   
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   The brooks, the becks, the rills. Drayton.
   
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   Beck, n. A vat. See Back.
   
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   Beck, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Becked (); p. pr. & vb. n. Becking.] [Contr. of beckon.] To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand. [Archaic]  Drayton.
   
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   Beck, v. t. To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to. [Archaic]
   
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   When gold and silver becks me to come on. Shak.
   
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   Beck, n. A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command.
   
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   They have troops of soldiers at their beck. Shak.
   
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