Definition of clinch

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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..

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Clincher-built :: Clincher-built (a.) See Clinker-built.
Clench :: Clench (n. & v. t.) See Clinch.
Clinched :: Clinched (imp. & p. p.) of Clinc.
Clincher :: Clincher (n.) That which ends a dispute or controversy; a decisive argument.
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 set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first..
Unclinch :: Unclinch (v. t.) To cause to be no longer clinched; to open; as, to unclinch the fist..
Clutch :: Clutch (n.) To close tightly; to clinch.
Unclench :: Unclench (v. t.) Same as Unclinch.
Clinch :: Clinch (n.) A pun.
Clinching :: Clinching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clinc.
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..
Rove :: Rove (n.) A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.
Clincher :: Clincher (n.) One who, or that which, clinches; that which holds fast..
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..
Clinch :: Clinch (n.) 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..
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..
Fasten :: Fasten (v. i.) To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling.
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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