Part 989

<i>Drayton.</i>

<h1>Beck</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Beck</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>When gold and silver <b>becks</b> me to come on. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Beck</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Beck</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command.</def>

<blockquote>They have troops of soldiers at their <b>beck</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Becker</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Beck"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A European fish (<spn>Pagellus centrodontus</spn>); the sea bream or braise.</def>

<h1>Becket</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Beck"et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. D. <ets>bek</ets> beak, and E. <ets>beak</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A small grommet, or a ring or loop of rope <?/ metal for holding things in position, as spars, ropes, etc.; also a bracket, a pocket, or a handle made of rope.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A spade for digging turf.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Wright.</i>

<h1>Beckon</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Beck"on</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Beckoned</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Beckoning</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a motion of the hand.</def>

<blockquote>His distant friends, he <b>beckons</b> near. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>It <b>beckons</b> you to go away with it. <i>Shak</i>.

<h1>Beckon</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Beck"on</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A sign made without words; a beck.</def> "At the first <i>beckon</i>."

<i>Bolingbroke.</i>

<h1>Beclap</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Be*clap</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>biclappen</ets>.]</ety> <def>To catch; to grasp; to insnare.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Beclip</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Be*clip"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Beclipped</er> (<?/).]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>beclyppan</ets>; pref. <ets>be</ets> + <ets>clyppan</ets> to embrace.]</ety> <def>To embrace; to surround.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wyclif.</i>

<h1>Becloud</h1> <Xpage=130>