'Gleek' definitions:
Definition of 'Gleek'
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- Gleek \Gleek\, v. i. To make sport; to gibe; to sneer; to spend time idly. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gleek'
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- Gleek \Gleek\, n. [OF. glic, G. gl["u]ck, fortune. See Luck.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A game at cards, once popular, played by three persons. [Obs.] --Pepys. Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Three of the same cards held in the same hand; -- hence, three of anything. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gleek'
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- Gleek \Gleek\, n. [Prob. fr. Icel. leika to play, play a trick on, with the prefix ge-; akin to AS. gel[=a]can, Sw. leka to play, Dan. lege.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A jest or scoff; a trick or deception. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Where's the Bastard's braves, and Charles his gleeks ? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. [Cf. Glicke] An enticing look or glance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- A pretty gleek coming from Pallas' eye. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]