BECK, noun A small brook. Gray. Heb. a brook or rivulet; in the sense of flowing, as tears, weeping. Genesis 32:22. It is obsolete in English, but is found in the names of towns situated near streams, as in Walbeck; but is more frequent in names on the continent, as in Griesbach.etc. BECK, noun A nod of the head; a significant nod, intended to be understood by some person, especially as a sign of command. BECK, verb intransitive To nod or make a sign with the head. BECK, verb transitive To call by a nod; to intimate a command to; to notify by a motion of the head.
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