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cleek — /kleek/, n., v., claught or cleeked or claucht, cleeked, cleeking. n. 1. Chiefly Scot. a large hook, esp. one fixed to the inside walls of a house to hold clothing, pots, or food. 2. Golf Older Use. a club with an iron head, a narrow face, and… … Universalium
cleek — noun Etymology: Middle English (northern) cleke, from cleken to clutch Date: 15th century chiefly Scottish a large hook (as for a pot over a fire) … New Collegiate Dictionary
Christie-Cleek — (or Cleek or of the Cleek), is a legendary Scottish cannibal, somewhat in the vein of the better known Sawney Bean. According to folklore, his real name was Andrew Christie, a Perth butcher. During a severe famine in the mid fourteenth century… … Wikipedia
Click — This interesting surname with variant spellings Cleak, Cleake, Cleke, Click, Clicke, etc. derives from a piece of land in the parish of Ermington near plymouth, first recorded in 1278, as Clekeland(e) and still known as Clickland. The placename… … Surnames reference
cleek — [[t]klik[/t]] n. scot. Scot. a large hook • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME (Scots) cleke hook, der. of cleken to take hold of, var. of clechen, akin to clutch I … From formal English to slang
cleek — /klik/ (say kleek) noun a pre 20th century golf club having an iron head with a long, narrow face; equivalent to a modern no. 1 iron. {Scottish large hook, from Middle English cleke} …
cleek — [klēk] n. [Scot < ME cleke, cleche, pastoral staff, crosier < clechen, to seize, catch < OE * clæcan; akin to clyccan: see CLUTCH1] 1. Chiefly Scot. a large hook 2. Golf former term for a) the number one iron: see IRON, sense 6 … English World dictionary
cleek — I. ˈklēk verb (claught ˈklȯḵt ; or cleeked ˈklēkt ; or claucht ˈklȯḵt ; cleeked ; cleeking ; cleeks) Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect) cleken; probably akin to Old English … Useful english dictionary
