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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cleek \Cleek\ (kl[=e]k), n.
1. A large hook or crook, as for a pot over a fire; specif.,
an iron-headed golf club with a straight, narrow face and
a long shaft.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. Act of cleeking; a clutch. [Scot.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cleek \Cleek\, v. t. [pret. {Claught}; pret. & p. p. {Cleeked};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Cleeking}.] [ME. cleken, clechen, to seize,
clutch; perh. akin to E. clutch.] [Scot & Dial. Eng.]
1. To seize; clutch; snatch; catch; pluck.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. To catch or draw out with a cleek, as a fish; to hook.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. To hook or link (together); hence, to marry. --Scott.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]