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beck
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Etymology 1
From Middle English bek, bekk, becc, from Old Norse bekkr (“a stream or brook”), from Proto-Germanic *bakiz (“stream”).
Cognate with Low German bek, beck, German Bach, Dutch beek, Swedish bäck, Old English bæc, bec, bæ?e, be?e (“beck, brook”). Doublet of batch. More at beach.
Noun
beck (plural becks)
- (Norfolk, Northern English dialect) A stream or small river.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 1 p. 3[1]:
- […] Whence, climing to the Cleeves, her selfe she firmlie sets / The Bourns, the Brooks, the Becks, the Rills, the Rivilets […]
- 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, chapter XIII:
- {...} the sky is blue, and the larks are singing, and the becks and brooks are all brim full.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 1 p. 3[1]:
Synonyms
Derived terms
- Troutbeck
Etymology 2
From Middle English bekken, a shortened form of Middle English bekenen, from Old English b?cnan, b?acnian (“to signify; beckon”), from Proto-West Germanic *baukn, from Proto-Germanic *baukn? (“beacon”). More at beacon.
Noun
beck (plural becks)
- A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command.
Derived terms
- beck and call
Translations
Verb
beck (third-person singular simple present becks, present participle becking, simple past and past participle becked)
- (archaic) To nod or motion with the head.
Etymology 3
See back.
Noun
beck (plural becks)
- A vat.
Etymology 4
From Middle English bec, bek, from Old French bec (“beak”),
Noun
beck (plural becks)
- Obsolete form of beak.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?k(i)
Noun
beck m (plural becks)
- Alternative spelling of beque
Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low German pik, from Latin pix. See also Dutch pek, German Pech.
Pronunciation
- Homophone: bäck
Noun
beck n
- pitch; A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.
Declension
Related terms
- becksvart
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streamlet
English
Etymology
From stream +? -let.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?st?i?ml?t/
Noun
streamlet (plural streamlets)
- A small stream.
- 1637, Philemon Holland (translator), Britain by William Camden, London: George Latham, “Kent,” p. 330,[1]
- Then the river Medway, branching it selfe into five streamlets, is joyned with as many stone Bridges […]
- 1803, Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman & Rees, Volume 1, Preface, p. iii,[2]
- […] the eye, after poring over the unbounded expanse of the ocean, is releaved and delighted by a streamlet and a dell.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 19:
- I wanted to jog in leisurely fashion through the green fields and chestnut avenues, over the rushing bubbling streamlets, to join Sylvie.
- 1637, Philemon Holland (translator), Britain by William Camden, London: George Latham, “Kent,” p. 330,[1]
Translations
Anagrams
- Marlettes
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