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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cleket, n. [ME. cleket, variant of cliket, clyket, OF. cliquet.] A catch or holdfast; a bolt or trigger. — 1375 Barb. x. 402.
Thair ledderis … maid a clap, quhen the cleket Wes festnyt fast in the kyrnell Ib. xvii. 674.
In hye he gert draw the cleket, And smertly swappit out the stane
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