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Cleeked

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.