claught

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claught - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.]
     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.]