beck

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

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

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

• n. A stream or small river.
• n. A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command.
• v. To nod or motion with the head.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• n. See beak.
• n. A small brook.
• n. A vat. See back.
• intransitive v. To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand.
• transitive v. To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to.
• n. A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

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

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• n. a beckoning gesture