beck 1
/bek/ , 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.
4. Archaic. beckon.
[ 1325-75; ME becken, short var. of becnen to BECKON ]
beck 2
/bek/ , n. North Eng.
a brook, esp. a swiftly running stream with steep banks.
[ 1250-1300; ME becc bekkr; akin to OE bece, D beek, G Bach brook, MIr bual flowing water *bhog-la ]
beck 3
/bek/ , v.t. Metalworking.
to form (a billet or the like) into a tire or hoop by rolling or hammering on a mandrel or anvil.
[ v. use of beck (n.), shortening of beck-iron, var. of BICK-IRON ]