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Clinch :: Clinch (n.) 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..

Holdfast :: Holdfast (n.) Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support..

Clutch :: Clutch (n.) To close tightly; to clinch.

Clutch :: Clutch (n.) A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp..

Double :: Double (a.) To make of two thicknesses or folds by turning or bending together in the middle; to fold one part upon another part of; as, to double the leaf of a book, and the like; to clinch, as the fist; -- often followed by up; as, to double up a sheet of paper or cloth..

Clench :: Clench (n. & v. t.) See Clinch.

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

Unclinch :: Unclinch (v. t.) To cause to be no longer clinched; to open; as, to unclinch the fist..

Fist :: Fist (n.) The hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; the closed hand, especially as clinched tightly for the purpose of striking a blow..

Clinch :: Clinch (v. t.) 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..

Rivet :: Rivet (n.) A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down the point so that it shall spread out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed or clinched at both ends..

Clinch :: Clinch (n.) A pun.

Clinched :: Clinched (imp. & p. p.) of Clinc.

Clinch :: Clinch (v. t.) To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first..

Clinch :: Clinch (v. t.) To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument..

Clincher-built :: Clincher-built (a.) See Clinker-built.

Clincher :: Clincher (n.) One who, or that which, clinches; that which holds fast..

Fasten :: Fasten (v. i.) To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling.

Unclench :: Unclench (v. t.) Same as Unclinch.

Riveting :: Riveting (n.) The act of joining with rivets; the act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing..

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