bechle (le as el) ( ch guttural)

[From Gr. βήξ ( bēx ), gen it. βηχός ( bēchos ) = a cough.] A settled cough. ( Scotch.) 1 *běck (1), * běcke (1) ( Eng . ), běck, *běk, *baik (Scotch), s. [A contraction of Eng. beckon. (Mahn.).] [BECKON, BEACON, BEAK.] 1. A bow or curtsey. (O. Eng. & O. Scotch). " Bek or lowte: Con quin is cio, incl in a cio."-Prompt. Parv. 2. Any nod of the head. (a) In a general sense. "Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Quips and cranks and wanton wiles, Nods and becks and wreathed smiles." Milton: L'Allegro. (b) Spec.: A nod of command. "Then forthwith to him takes a chosen band Of spirits, likest to himself in guile, To be at hand, and at his beck appear." Milton: P. R., bk. ii, To be at any one's beck and call: To be entirely at his service and disposal.