vbl. sb. [f. BECK v.1 + -ING1.] The action of BECK v.1: a. Significant gesture. b. Nodding, bowing, obeisance, curtsey.
1542. Udall, Erasm. Apoph., 91 a. Excepte thei make much doukyng, stoopyng, beckyng.
1569. J. Sanford, trans. Agrippa’s Van. Artes, 124. Birdes flewe to him at his beckinge.
1583. Stanyhurst, Æneis, II. (Arb.), 63. With menacing becking.
