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beck

noun

/bɛk/

Meaning

a gesture of beckoning; a small stream or brook (chiefly Northern English)

The servant came at his master's beck and call.

beck and call

signal, nod, stream, brook

command, refusal

beck and call, gentle beck, mountain beck

the natural satellite of the earth, visible at night by reflected light from the sun

comfort or confidence given to someone to remove their fears or doubts

a cloth spread over a coffin; a dark covering that creates a gloomy atmosphere

The combination of ideas to form a theory or system; the composition of complex entities from simple...

a vehicle for conveying the coffin at a funeral; a funeral car

a return to a worse or less developed state