beek

American  

[beek] / bik /

verb (used with or without object)

1. to bask or warm in the sunshine or before a fireplace, stove, or bonfire.

2. (of wood) to season by exposure to heat.

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noun

1. Obsolete. the act of basking or warming by a fire.

Etymology

Origin of beek

1200–50; Middle English beken, akin to bake (perhaps < Germanic *bōkjan )

Example Sentences

And the beek in his turn, though so apt to indulge his own curiosity at the expense of the public, might find it very difficult to satisfy that of others.

From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 by De Quincey, Thomas

Then fling on coals, and ripe the ribs, And beek the house baith butt and ben; That mutchkin stoup it hauds but dribs, Then let's get in the tappit hen.

From Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series by Smeaton, William Henry Oliphant