[beck] n [ME bek, fr. ON bekkr; akin to OE baec brook, OHG bah, Lith begti to flee--more at phobia] (14c) Brit: creek
2.
[2]beck vt [ME, alter. of beknen] (14c) archaic: beckon [3]beck n (14c) 1 chiefly Scot: bow, curtsy
2. a: a beckoning gesture b: summons, bidding -- at one's beck and call : ready to obey one's command immediately