2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Cleek  \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.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  To  catch  or  draw  out  with  a  cleek,  as  a  fish;  to  hook. 
 
  3.  To  hook  or  link  (together);  hence  to  marry.  --Scott. 

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