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noun

a gesture of the hand, head, etc., meant to summon

Origin: < beckon

transitive verb, intransitive verb

Archaic to summon by a beck; beckon

noun

Chiefly Brit., Dialectal a little stream, esp. one with a rocky bottom

Origin: ME bek < ON bekkr, a brook < IE base *bhog-, flowing water > Ger bach, MIr bual, E dial. bache

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noun

A gesture of beckoning or summons.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English bek

Origin: , from bekken, to beckon

Origin: , alteration of bekenen; see beckon

noun
Chiefly British

A small brook; a creek.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old Norse bekkr; see bheg^w- in Indo-European roots

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