beck

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A gesture of beckoning or summons.
2. idiom. at (someone's) beck and call Ready to comply with any wish or command.
3. n. Chiefly British A small brook; a creek.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A brook; a small stream; especially, a brook with a stony bed or rugged course.
2. n. The valley of a beck; a field or patch of ground adjacent to a brook. See batch.
3. To signal by a nod or other significant gesture; beckon.
4. To recognize a person by a slight bow or nod.
5. To summon or intimate some command or desire to by a nod or gesture; beckon to.
6. To express by a gesture: as, to beck thanks.
7. n. A nod of the head or other significant gesture intended to be understood as expressive of a desire, or as a sign of command.
8. n. A gesture of salutation or recognition; a bow; a courtesy.
9. n. An agricultural implement with two hooks, used in dressing turnips, etc.; a form of mattock.
10. n. A beak.
11. n. Any pointed or projecting part of the dress, especially of a head-dress, as of the bycocket.
12. n. A vat or vessel used in a dye-house; a back.
13. n. Same as beck-harman.

Wiktionary

1. n. , A stream or small river.
2. n. A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. See beak.
2. n. A small brook.
3. n. A vat. See back.
4. v. To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand.
5. v. To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to.
6. n. A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a beckoning gesture