clecker (kleker)

[ sitting, or desirous of sitting, on her eggs. Brockett. [Prov. Eng.] clecking, cleck in (klek'ing, -in), n. [Verbal n. of cleck1, v.] A brood; a litter. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] clecking-time, cleck in-time (klek'ing-, klek'in-tim), n. The time of hatching or littering; the time of birth. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] Cleck in-time's aye canty time. Scott , Guy Manner ing, i. cledt, cleddet. Variants of clad , preterit of clothe. Chaucer .