Cleek (?), 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.
2. Act of cleeking; a clutch.
[Scot.]
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.
2. To catch or draw out with a cleek, as a
fish; to hook.
3. To hook or link (together); hence, to
marry. Scott.
Cleek (?), 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.
2. Act of cleeking; a clutch.
[Scot.]
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.
2. To catch or draw out with a cleek, as a
fish; to hook.
3. To hook or link (together); hence, to
marry. Scott.
