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