clenchedadj.
/klɛnʃt/poetic./ˈklɛnʃɪd/ Firmly fastened, tightly closed.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > [adjective] > with nails
nailedeOE
nailfast1428
clenchedc1440
nailed-on1683
toed1877
thumbtacked1966
the world > space > relative position > posture > act of drawing body into compact form > [adjective] > clenched
writhenc1400
clincheda1547
steeked1565
griped1583
clubbed1625
clenched1708
the world > action or operation > completing > [adjective] > settling conclusively > settled conclusively
clenched1815
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adjective] > proved
proveda1382
convictc1475
probate?1511
comprobate1523
proven1533
persuaded1538
scientifical1588
verified1594
approved1600
approven1609
averred1641
examined1723
substanced1773
clenched1815
made-out1820
open-and-shut1841
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 80 Clenchydde [1499 clenched], retensus, repansus.
1609 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 2) Clenched, fastened.
1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais iv. xiv With his clench'd fist.
1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris i. 13 The clenched union of a commonwealth of rights and possessions!
1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend iv. 186 With clenched and convulsive fingers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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