2. Adjective. That beckons ¹
3. Noun. Such a wave or similar action ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Beckoning
1. beckon [v] - See also: beckon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beckoning
Literary usage of Beckoning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... summon the 'carious actors by going to steps, beckoning and being tlie general
guides. Each actor as he comes on looks supremely humourous and bobs. ..."
2. The Songs and Music of Friedrich Froebel's Mother Play (Mutter und Kose by Friedrich Fröbel (1895)
"Beckoning THE PIGEONS. SEE the pretty pigeons, coming, love, to meet yon!
Little dimpled hand, can yon learn to say, " I greet yon ? ..."
3. Ceylon: A General Description of the Island, Historical, Physical by Horatio John Suckling (1876)
"... is named the "beckoning crab," from the circumstance of its raising the claw
with a fancied beckoning gesture towards persons who go near or pursue them ..."
4. The Songs and Music of Friedrich Froebel's Mother Play (Mutter und Kose Lieder) by Friedrich Fröbel, Susan Elizabeth Blow (1895)
"-g |J«L Beckoning THE PIGEONS. POULSSON. Arranged from KAUL REINECKE, by ELEANOR
SMITH. —I 1 1 Oh, call the pig . eons, ba-by dear. ..."
5. Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens (1884)
"with a fervour that was quite affecting; and John, beckoning his guards to go
before, bowed himself out of the room, and left him to his rest in the ..."
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