A small brook. Gray. Heb. a brook or rivulet; in the sense of flowing, as tearsGenesis 32:23. It is obsolete in English, but is found in the names of towns situated near streams, as in Walbeck; but is more frequent in names on the continent, as in Griesbach

A nod of the head; a significant nod, intended to be understood by some person, especially as a sign of command.

To nod or make a sign with the head.

To call by a nod; to intimate a command to; to notify by a motion of the head.