▪ I. † beˈgeck, v. Obs. or Sc.
Also -gaik, -geik.
[f. be- + geck v.]
To befool, to gull; to jilt.
| a 1513 Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen 452 With gret engyne to begaik [v.r. beiaip] ther ielyus husbandis. 1768 Ross Helenore 85 (Jam.) Ye'd better want him than he sud begeck you. |
▪ II. † beˈgeck, n. Obs. or Sc.
Also 8 begeek.
[f. begeck v.]
A cheating disappointment.
| c 1600 Rob. Hood (Ritson) 79 And give them a begeck. c 1774 C. Keith Farmer's Ha' in Chambers Pop. Sc. Poems (1862) 32 He meets wi' a great begeek Frae empty binks. |