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Beck :: Beck (n.) A small brook.

Beck :: Beck (v. i.) To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand..

Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (n.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry..

Tulipomania :: Tulipomania (n.) A violent passion for the acquisition or cultivation of tulips; -- a word said by Beckman to have been coined by Menage.

Thimbleweed :: Thimbleweed (n.) Any plant of the composite genus Rudbeckia, coarse herbs somewhat resembling the sunflower; -- so called from their conical receptacles..

Canterbury :: Canterbury (n.) A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all England), and contains the shrine of Thomas a Becket, to which pilgrimages were formerly made..

Waft :: Waft (v. t.) To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.

Purbeck Beds :: Purbeck beds () The strata of the Purbeck stone, or Purbeck limestone, belonging to the Oolitic group. See the Chart of Geology..

Becket :: Becket (n.) A small grommet, or a ring or loop of rope / metal for holding things in position, as spars, ropes, etc.; also a bracket, a pocket, or a handle made of rope..

Beckoning :: Beckoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Becko.

Becket :: Becket (n.) A spade for digging turf.

Purbeck Stone :: Purbeck stone () A limestone from the Isle of Purbeck in England.

Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (a.) Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.

Becked :: Becked (imp. & p. p.) of Bec.

Beckon :: Beckon (n.) A sign made without words; a beck.

Beckon :: Beckon (v. t.) To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a motion of the hand..

Beck :: Beck (n.) See Beak.

Beckoned :: Beckoned (imp. & p. p.) of Becko.

Beck :: Beck (n.) A vat. See Back.

Canonize :: Canonize (v. t.) To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized..

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