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. ]

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. ]