beek

[ beek ]

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.

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

Origin of beek

1
1200–50; Middle English beken, akin to bake (perhaps <Germanic *bōkjan)

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