Obsolete spelling of beck

plural of becke

plural of harman-beck

Summons and control, in a position of servitude or as an attendant.

A hydrometer scale on which the zero point corresponds to a specific gravity of 1.00, and the 30° point to a specific gravity of 0.85. From these points the scale is extended both ways, all the degrees being of equal length.

(obsolete, thieves' cant) A policeman.

(medicine) Three medical signs associated with acute cardiac tamponade: low arterial blood pressure, distended neck veins, and distant, muffled heart sounds.

A hamlet in Grayrigg parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD6196).

A hamlet in Goathland parish, Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ8202).

(Cockney rhyming slang) sex (the act of fornicating)