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CLINCH
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Wiltshire named Clench, from Old English clenc ‘lump’, ‘hill’, which seems also to have been used of a patch of dry raised ground in fenland surroundings. In some cases the surname may be of topographic origin.English : metonymic occupational name for a maker or fixer of bolts and rivets, from Middle English clinch, clench ‘door nail secured by riveting or clinching’, from clench(en) ‘to fix firmly’.
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p. pr. & vb. n.
of Clinch
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.
v. t.
To cause to be no longer clinched; to open; as, to unclinch the fist.
n.
To close tightly; to clinch.
n.
That which ends a dispute or controversy; a decisive argument.
v. t.
To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument.
n.
A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.
n.
One who, or that which, clinches; that which holds fast.
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.
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.
a.
See Clinker-built.
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.
imp. & p. p.
of Clinch
v. t.
To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first.
v. i.
To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling.
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.
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.
n.
The act of joining with rivets; the act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing.
n.
A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp.
n.
The hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; the closed hand, especially as clinched tightly for the purpose of striking a blow.