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To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing
tightly. |
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To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch
the teeth or the first. |
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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. |
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To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to
clinch an argument. |
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To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or
grasp one another. |
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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. |
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A pun. |
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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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