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

3. Obsolete. the act of basking or warming by a fire.

v.

“to bask in the warmth” of something, early 13c., a northern and Scottish word of unknown origin; perhaps ultimately connected to bake (v.).