dial. [In OE. becca; cf. Pr. beca hook, perh. from Celtic root bacc-, cf. Ir. bacc, bac (masc.) ‘hook, crook.’] An agricultural implement with two hooks, for dressing turnips, hops, etc.; a kind of mattock.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Gloss., in Wülcker, Voc., /106. Ligo, becca.
1875. Parish, Sussex Dial., Beck, a mattock.
1884. West Sussex Gaz., 25 Sept. Turnip cutters, fold bars, becks.
