beckon

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

BECK'ON, verb transitive bek'n. [See Beck.] To make a sign to another, by nodding, winking, or a motion of the hand or finger, etc., intended as a hint or intimation. Acts 19:33. BECK'ON, verb transitive bek'n. To make a significant sign to.
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