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

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

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

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. 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..

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..

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.

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..

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

Clincher :: Clincher (n.) That which ends a dispute or controversy; a decisive argument.

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