† begeckn.
Obsolete or Scottish.
A cheating disappointment.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun]
defraudc1450
defraudationc1503
fraudingc1530
defrauding1548
cheateryc1555
cheatingc1555
versing1591
begeckc1600
sharking1602
shaving1606
rooking1635
defraudment1645
emunging1664
prowlerya1670
bilking1687
sharping1692
mace1742
fineering1765
swindling1769
highway robbery1777
macing1811
flat-catching1821
ramping1830
swindlery1833
rigging1846
diddlinga1849
suck-in1856
daylight robbery1863
cooking1873
bunco-steering1875
chousing1881
fiddling1884
verneukery1896
padding1900
verneukering1900
bobol1907
swizzle1913
ramp1915
swizz1915
chizzing1948
tweedling1975
c1600 Rob. Hood (Ritson) 79 And give them a begeck.
c1774 C. Keith Farmer's Ha' in Chambers Pop. Sc. Poems (1862) 32 He meets wi' a great begeek Frae empty binks.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
† begeckv.
Obsolete or Scottish.
To befool, to gull; to jilt.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > befool, cheat, dupe [verb (transitive)]
belirtOE
bitruflea1250
begab1297
bobc1320
bedaffc1386
befool1393
mock1440
triflea1450
glaik?a1513
bedawa1529
fond?1529
allude1535
gulla1550
dolt1553
dor1570
poop1575
colt1579
foolify1581
assot1583
noddify1583
begecka1586
elude1594
wigeona1595
fool1598
noddy1600
fop1602
begull1605
waddle1606
woodcockize1611
bemocka1616
greasea1625
noddypoop1640
truff1657
bubble1668
cully1676
coaxc1679
dupe1704
to play off1712
noodle1769
idiotize1775
oxify1804
tomfool1835
sammyfoozle1837
trail1847
pipe lay1848
pigwidgeon1852
green1853
con1896
rib1912
shuck1959
a1586 W. Dunbar in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 112 With greit Ingyne to begaik [c1507 beiaip] þair Ielyous husbandis.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 85 (Jam.) Ye'd better want him than he sud begeck you.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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