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beck

Pronunciation: (bek), [key]
—n.
1. a gesture used to signal, summon, or direct someone.
2. at someone's beck and call, ready to do someone's bidding; subject to someone's slightest wish: He has three servants at his beck and call.
3. Chiefly Scot.a bow or curtsy of greeting.

—v.t., v.i.
Archaic.beckon.

beck

Pronunciation: (bek), [key]
—n. North Eng.
a brook, esp. a swiftly running stream with steep banks.

beck

Pronunciation: (bek), [key]
—v.t. Metalworking.
to form (a billet or the like) into a tire or hoop by rolling or hammering on a mandrel or anvil.