Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   2. To catch or draw out with a cleek, as a fish; to hook.

   3. To hook or link (together); hence, to marry. --Scott.