Coffee is among the most consumed beverages worldwide. According to Statista, an average person consumes roughly 42.6 liters of coffee per year.
becked
simple past tense and past participle of beck
• bedeck
Source: Wiktionary
Beck, n.
Definition: See Beak. [Obs.] Spenser.
Beck, n. Etym: [OE. bek, AS. becc; akin to Icel. bekkr brook, OHG. pah, G. bach.]
Definition: A small brook. The brooks, the becks, the rills. Drayton.
Beck, n.
Definition: A vat. See Back.
Beck, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Becked (; p. pr. & vb. n. Becking.] Etym: [Contr. of beckon.]
Definition: To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand. [Archaic] Drayton.
Beck, v. t.
Definition: To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to. [Archaic] When gold and silver becks me to come on. Shak.
Beck, n.
Definition: A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command. They have troops of soldiers at their beck. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
Coffee is among the most consumed beverages worldwide. According to Statista, an average person consumes roughly 42.6 liters of coffee per year.