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cleek |
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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