claucht
[klawkht, klahkht]
verb
a simple past tense of cleek.
cleek
[kleek]
noun
verb (used with object), claught or cleeked or claucht, cleeked, cleek·ing.
Origin of cleek
1350–1400; Middle English (Scots) cleke hook, derivative of cleke to take hold of, variant of cleche, akin to clutch1
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cleek
cleik
noun
Word Origin for cleek
C15: of uncertain origin
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