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Clinch

Clinch (clinch)
v. t.(kl***ibreve]nch; 224)
Clinch
[imp. *** p. p. Clinched (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Clinching.] [OE. clenchen, prop. causative of clink to cause to clink, to strike] cf. D. klinken to tinkle, rivet. See Cli
  1. To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.
    "Clinch the pointed spear." Dryden.
  2. To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first.
    Swift.
  3. To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail.
  4. To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument.
    South.

Clinch

Clinch (clinch)
v. i.
Clinch
  1. To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.

Clinch

Clinch (clinch)
n.(kl***ibreve]nch)
Clinch
  1. The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to secure anything by a clinch.
  2. A pun.
    Pope.
  3. A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.












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