From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cleek \Cleek\, verb (used with an object) [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.]
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