Webster's 1828 Dictionary
GLEEK
n.[See Glee. ] Music, or a musician. 1. A scoff; a game at cards.
GLEEK
v.i.To make sport of; to gibe; to sneer; to spend time idly.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
GLEEK
Gleek, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. Icel. leika to play, play a trick on, with the prefix ge-; akin to AS. gelacan, Sw. leka to play, Dan. lege. ]
1. A jest or scoff; a trick or deception. [Obs. ] Where's the Bastard's braves, and Charles his gleeks Shak.
2. Etym: [Cf. Glicke ]
Defn: An enticing look or glance. [Obs. ] A pretty gleek coming from Pallas' eye. Beau. & Fl.
GLEEK
GLEEK Gleek, v. i.
Defn: To make sport; to gibe; to sneer; to spend time idly. [Obs. ] Shak.
GLEEK
Gleek, n. Etym: [OF. glic, G. glück, fortune. See Luck. ]
1. A game at cards, once popular, played by three persons. [Obs. ] Pepys. Evelyn.
2. Three of the same cards held in the same hand; -- hence, three of anything. [Obs. ]