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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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CLEEKIT, Clickit, ppl.adj. Of horses: having the string-halt (Bnff.², Abd.², Ags.¹ 1937). Cf. Cleek, n.¹, 2 (1). Also applied to persons who jerk up one leg (or both legs) behind in walking. [′klikət]L.Bnff.(D) 1934 J. M. Caie Kindly North 31:
The orra beastie's cleekit, spavin't, aul'.Abd. 1925 Placin' o' the Minister in Bnffsh. Jnl. (21 April):
[He had to] gie them a rin-oot like, to see gin they war cleekit or broken in the win'.Bch. 1928 (per Abd.¹⁵):
Aul Jeems wis unco cleekit; he gart his heels hit's kwite tails at ilky step.

2. Crocheted.wm.Sc. 1987 Christine Marion Fraser King's Acre 256:
...to copy Willie as he stood on his head on the clickit rug and from that position sang a bothy ballad.Gsw. 1991 Anna Blair More Tea at Miss Cranston's 94:
... there was the matter of the cleekit gloves ... Have you ever heard of cleekit work? It was quite a man's craft." ... "I once saw a pair of these gloves in a craft shop. They were a dreadful colour and I didn't buy them. But I was always sorry after I knew cleekit work when I saw it, but I didn't know how it was done. I wrote to The Scottish Field and got a few replies. 'My father (or grandfather or the grieve) made them', sort of answer. ... "