| 释义 |
▪ 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.
a1800Jacobite Relics I. 58 (Jam.) To claucht my daddie's wee bit house. 1815Scott 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.
1768Ross Helenore 42 (Jam.) Ane I kent na took a claught of me. 1825–79Jamieson, When one lays hold of what is falling, it is said that he ‘gat a claucht of it.’ |