beek
[ beek ]
verb (used with or without object)
to bask or warm in the sunshine or before a fireplace, stove, or bonfire.
(of wood) to season by exposure to heat.
noun
Obsolete. the act of basking or warming by a fire.
Origin of beek
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How to use beek in a sentence
She carded and span the wool, her spinning-wheel singing all day beside her husband, as he beeked the kiln.
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