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In that case," said I, rather spiritedly, "let him come up here, since I am not a mountain that I should obey the becking call of any Mahomet.

From Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. by Anstey, F.

Then the tre deepe minced, far chopt dooth terrifye swinckers With menacing becking thee branches palsye before tyme, Vntil with sowghing yt grunts, as wounded in hacking.

From A History of Elizabethan Literature by Saintsbury, George

I risked him the flash of an eye as he stood, a becking black body on a bough, his yellow beak shaking out a flutey note of passionate serenade.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil

What are these faces that are becking and mowing at her?

From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda

"You need not be afraid with Catrina," chimed in the countess, nodding and becking in a manner that clearly showed her assumption to herself of some vague compliment.

From The Sowers by Merriman, Henry Seton