▪ I. claught
pa. tense of cleek v., to snatch, clutch.
▪ II. claught, claucht, v. Sc.
(klɑxt)
[Irregularly formed on claucht, pa. tense of cleek. Cf. clad vb.]
To seize with claws; to clutch, snatch.
| a 1800 Jacobite Relics I. 58 (Jam.) To claucht my daddie's wee bit house. 1815 Scott Guy M. xi, He saw Meg..claught the bairn suddenly out of the gauger's arms. |
▪ III. claught, n. Sc.
Also 8– claucht.
[f. pa. pple. of cleek v.]
A sudden snatch or clutch.
| 1768 Ross Helenore 42 (Jam.) Ane I kent na took a claught of me. 1825–79 Jamieson, When one lays hold of what is falling, it is said that he ‘gat a claucht of it.’ |