claught

American  

[klawkht, klahkht] / klɔxt, klɑxt /

verb

1. a simple past tense of cleek.

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claught

Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail: The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

There cam a gowst of wind, claught her by the coats, and awa' wi' her bag and baggage.

From David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson

It's not made of iron, I wot, nor my claithes of chenzie-mail; so a club smashed the tane, and a claught damaged the tither.

From The Fortunes of Nigel by Sir Walter Scott

There cam a gowst of wind, claught her by the coats, and awa’ wi’ her, bag and baggage.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

It was a braw spring morn, and Tam whustled as he claught in the young geese.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson