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cleek
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cleek, n.
- 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.]
- Act of cleeking; a clutch. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
cleek, v. t. [ME. cleken, clechen, to seize, clutch; perh. akin to E. clutch.].
- To seize; clutch; snatch; catch; pluck. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- To catch or draw out with a cleek, as a fish; to hook. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- To hook or link (together); hence, to marry. Scott. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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