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Answer for the clue "No. 4 wood ", 5 letters:
cleek
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Word definitions for cleek in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.] To seize; clutch; snatch; catch; pluck. To catch or draw out with a cleek, as ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context chiefly Scotland English) A large hook. 2 (context golf dated English) A metal headed golf club with little loft. Equivalent to a one or two iron a modern set of clubs.
Usage examples of cleek.
The night was filled with the croaking of frogs, the cleek, cleek, cleek of the black necked stilt, the zi-zi, zi-zi of cicadas, the choc, choc of the crow blackbirds, and the many other night songs of various wild creatures.
There cam a gowst of wind, claught her by the coats, and awa' wi' her bag and baggage.
It was a braw spring morn, and Tam whustled as he claught in the young geese.
My feelin's overcame me as I looked in her face and the child's, both lookin' like dyin' faces, and I sez with the tears a jest runnin' down my cleeks and a layin' my hand tender on her shoulder, "Is there anything I can do for you, you poor little creeter?
One feels so much at sea when talk turns to mashie-niblicks, cleeks, and mid-irons.