clinchn.¹

/klɪnʃ/

Forms: Middle English clynche, 1700s clintch, 1600s– clinch.

Etymology: A variant of clench n.: compare clinch v.¹

1. A fastening in which the end of a nail is turned over and driven back into the substance through which it has passed, or in which the end of a bolt is beaten down and flattened upon a metal ring or washer put round it for the purpose; the clinched point of a nail; a clinched nail or bolt. Sometimes clench n.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > clinch-nail

clinch-nail1626

clinch1659

clincher1725

society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > bolt > types of

round bolt1582

ringbolt1599

pikebolt1622

rag bolt1625

set-bolt1627

clinch-bolta1642

eyebolt1649

clinch1659

screw-bolt1690

king bolt1740

wrain-bolt1750

wraining-bolt1769

toggle-bolt1794

strap-bolt1795

wring-bolt1815

through-bolt1821

truss-bolt1825

slip-stopper1831

stud bolt1838

anchor bolt1839

king rod1843

joint bolt1844

spade-bolt1850

shackle-bolt1852

roof bolt1853

set-stud1855

coach bolt1869

truss-rod1873

fox-bolt1874

garnish-bolt1874

fang-bolt1876

stud1878

U bolta1884

rock bolt1887

hook bolt1899

tower bolt1911

explosive bolt1948

society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > parts of nails

rivet1392

nail head1440

shank1483

clench1598

clinch1725

dog-head1793

1659 T. Willsford Architectonice 25 Clinches may break, or the hooks, then are the shanks difficult to draw.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Shoeing of Horses Cut them off and clinch them, so as the clinches may be hidden in the Hoof.

1889 T. Scrutton in Letter The ring on which the clinch is formed is called a ‘burr’ or ‘rove’ in boat-building.

2. Nautical. ‘A method of fastening large ropes by a half-hitch, with the end stopped back to its own part by seizings’ (Adm. Smyth): that part of a rope which is clinched.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > knot used by sailors > specific

bowline-knot1627

clinch1627

sheepshank1627

wall-knot1627

running bowline1710

running bowline knot1726

bend1769

clove-hitch1769

half-hitch1769

hitch1769

walnut1769

cat's paw1794

midshipman's hitch1794

reef knot1794

clench1804

French shroud knot1808

carrick bend1819

bowline1823

slippery hitch1832

wall1834

Matthew Walker1841

shroud-knot1860

stopper-knotc1860

marling hitch1867

wind-knot1870

Portuguese knot1871

rosette1875

chain knota1877

stopper-hitch1876

swab-hitch1883

monkey fist1917

Spanish bowline1968

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > knot > any knot used by sailors > other specific sailors' knots

bowline-knot1627

clinch1627

sheepshank1627

wall-knot1627

running bowline1710

running bowline knot1726

bend1769

clove-hitch1769

half-hitch1769

hitch1769

walnut1769

Magnus hitch1794

midshipman's hitch1794

clench1804

French shroud knot1808

carrick bend1819

bowline1823

slippery hitch1832

wall1834

cat's paw1840

Matthew Walker1841

shroud-knot1860

stopper-knotc1860

Portuguese knot1871

chain knota1877

stopper-hitch1876

swab-hitch1883

Spanish bowline1968

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. v. 22 To saue the clinch of the cable from galling.

1778 J. Cook Jrnl. 16 July (1967) III. ii. 401 The Cable parted at the clinch.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. at Clinch ‘The cable runs out to the clinch,’ means, there is no more to veer.

a. A thing which clutches, grips or fixes fast.

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1822 G. W. Manby Voy. Greenland (1823) 77 Whale louse..head..with four horns, two of which..serve as clinches, to fix the animals to the subject which they attack..they have six other clinches behind, with which they rivet themselves so fast to the whale, that they cannot be disengaged, but by cutting out the part.

b. The grip or hold (of plaster on a wall).

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1897 F. C. Moore How to build Home ii. 16 The lath should be furred out from the sheathing so as to secure a good ‘clinch’ or ‘key’ to the plaster.

4. A clinching or riveting together; the clinching of an argument, opinion, etc. Also clench n.

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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [noun] > conclusive proof or argument > use of

clinch1855

clinching1871

clenching1880

1855 R. Browning Master Hugues xi I believe in you, but that's not enough; Give my conviction a clinch!

1878 R. Browning Poets Croisic lxxi Welded lines with clinch Of ending word and word.

a. U.S. A struggle or scuffle at close grips.

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society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > a fight > at close grips

close1598

grabble1650

clinch1849

clench1880

1849 C. Lanman Lett. Alleghany Mts. vi. 50 On reaching the bottom, he found the wolf alive, when a ‘clinch fight’ ensued, and the hunter's knife completely severed the heart of the animal.

1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table iii. 64 No words, but..a clean, straight, hard hit..and the conflict terminated in one of those inglorious and inevitable Yankee clinches followed by a general melée.

1881 Family Herald 12 Mar. 304 A citizen who met with a mishap in a bar-room ‘clinch’.

b. spec. in Boxing. Grappling at close quarters or holding after an exchange of blows.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > actions or positions

first bloodc1540

guard1601

feint1684

in holds1713

shifting1793

rally1805

muzzler1811

one-two1811

stop1812

southpaw1813

fibbing1814

leveller1814

mouther1814

ribber1814

stomacher1814

teller1814

in-fighting1816

muzzling1819

weaving1821

out-fighting1831

arm guard1832

countering1858

counter1861

clinching1863

prop1869

clinch1875

right and left1887

hook-hit1890

hook1898

cross1906

lead1906

jolt1908

swing1910

body shot1918

head shot1927

bolo punch1950

snap-back1950

counterpunch1957

counterpunching1957

Ali shuffle1966

rope-a-dope1975

1875 Amer. Cycl. XIV. 74/1 Unless there is a knock-down, the rounds usually terminate in a clinch.

1897 R. G. A. Allanson-Winn Boxing 329 Occasionally after a spell of in-fighting, but not in actually breaking away after a close or clinch, you may administer an excellent upper cut.

1901 R. Fitzsimmons Physical Culture 152 Corbett seemed to think clinches were his best time for a knock-out blow.

1923 L. R. Tosswill Boxing Up-to-date 58 The best thing to do is to fall into a clinch, dropping forward with your hands resting on your opponent's arms, while your ribs and stomach are protected by your elbows.

c. An embrace. colloquial (originally U.S.).

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the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [noun]

beclipping1340

complexion1493

clipa1586

brace1589

twine1602

fold1609

grasp1609

claspa1616

abrazoa1626

colla1627

cling1633

hug1659

folding1713

squeeze1790

cuddle1825

bear squeeze1845

bear hug1870

clinch1901

bosie1952

side hug1984

cwtch1992

bro hug2000

1901 ‘H. McHugh’ John Henry 25 A love clinch from Laura Jean Libbey's latest.

1929 W. Root in Bookman (N.Y.) Feb. 622/1 ‘Darling!’ and they go into a clinch.

1948 P. G. Wodehouse Spring Fever ii. 23 Nothing would have given Stanwood more pleasure than to have seen the young couple fading out on the clinch.

1959 J. Osborne World Paul Slickey i. iv. 38 The ‘King’ and ‘Queen’ go into a clinch.

6. A sharp repartee that twists or turns about the meaning of a word; a wordplay, a pun. Also clench n.

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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [noun] > play on words, pun

allusion1550

nick1561

paronomasia1577

paronomasy1592

quiblin1605

quibblea1627

quiblet1627

clinch1629

quibbling1633

clink1634

clench1638

pun1644

conundrum1645

whim1652

pundigrion1673

jeu de mots1823

calembour1830

Tom Swifty1963

paronym1982

1629 J. Taylor Wit & Mirth (new ed.) (title page) Wit and mirth..made vp, and fashioned into Clinches, Bulls, Quirkes, etc. [Taylor's specimen of a clinch sig. C2, ‘A countryman being demanded how such a Riuer was called, that ranne through their Country: he answered that they neuer had need to call Riuer, for it alwayes came without calling’.]

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 61. ¶2 James the First..made very few Bishops or Privy-Counsellors that had not some time or other signalized themselves by a Clinch, or a Conundrum.

a1774 O. Goldsmith tr. P. Scarron Comic Romance (1775) I. viii. 49 Stunned with their puns and clinches. (Cf. [see carriwitchet n.]. )

7. (See quot. 1873.)

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1847 G. W. M. Reynolds Myst. London III. xxv. 71/2 Should you do this and get the clinch.

1873 Slang Dict. To get the clinch: to be locked up in jail.

Compounds

[In some cases this is the verb-stem.]

clinch-bolt n. a bolt that is clinched.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > bolt > types of

round bolt1582

ringbolt1599

pikebolt1622

rag bolt1625

set-bolt1627

clinch-bolta1642

eyebolt1649

clinch1659

screw-bolt1690

king bolt1740

wrain-bolt1750

wraining-bolt1769

toggle-bolt1794

strap-bolt1795

wring-bolt1815

through-bolt1821

truss-bolt1825

slip-stopper1831

stud bolt1838

anchor bolt1839

king rod1843

joint bolt1844

spade-bolt1850

shackle-bolt1852

roof bolt1853

set-stud1855

coach bolt1869

truss-rod1873

fox-bolt1874

garnish-bolt1874

fang-bolt1876

stud1878

U bolta1884

rock bolt1887

hook bolt1899

tower bolt1911

explosive bolt1948

a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) iii. 345/2 Clinch-bolts are clinched with a Rivetting Hammer.

1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Clench-bolt.

clinch-built adj. = clinker-built adj. at clinker n.³ Compounds 1.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > built with planks overlapping

shingled1362

clincheda1547

clincher-built1769

clinker-built1769

plank-over-plank1769

clencher-built1850

clinch-built1867

lapstreaked1883

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Clinch-built, Clinker, or overlapping edges.

1889Clinch-built [see clinch plate n.].

† clinch-fist n. Obsolete a grasping fellow, a miser.

clinch-hammer n. a hammer used for clinching.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > driving or beating tools > [noun] > hammer > other hammers

hand-hammereOE

maulc1225

plating hammer1543

bucker1653

axe-hammer1681

brick hammer1688

chipping hammer1783

tup1848

clinch-hammer1850

tack-hammer1865

bucking hammer1875

bloat1881

ringer1883

key hammer1884

peen hammer1885

straight pein1904

toffee hammer1958

1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 123 Clench-hammers should be made of hard steel, with one flat end for clenching.

clinch-joint n. the kind of joint used in clinch-work.

clinch-nail n. a nail of a kind adapted for clinching.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > clinch-nail

clinch-nail1626

clinch1659

clincher1725

1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 3 Roue and clinch-nailes.

1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xx. 499 In the year 1291 we find clinch-nails at Pevensey.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Clench-nails..are much used in boat-building, being such as can be driven without splitting the boards, and drawn without breaking.

clinch plate n. a plate on the inside of clinch-work.

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1889 P. B. Du Chaillu Viking Age I. xii. 219 The boat is clinch-built; that is, the planks are held together by large iron bolts with round heads outside, and clinch plates on the inside, at a distance of 5 ½ inches from each other.

clinch-ring n. ‘a lap-ring or open ring, in which the parts on the sides of the opening overlap each other’ (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech.).

clinch-work n. = clinker n.³ Compounds 1 work.

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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > wooden structures or wooden parts of > lap-jointed work

clincher-work1769

clinch-work1784

1784 London Chron. No. 4287 That no clinch-work vessel..should be built of a larger burthen than 60 tons.

1787 Act 27 Geo. III c. 32 in Coll. Statutes Admiralty, Navy, Shipping All vessels..whose Bottoms are Clench-Work.

1805 Naval Chron. 14 343 A new sort of Catamaran, built something like a Canoe, but clinch work.

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clinchn.²

Etymology: < clinch v.²

Scottish.

A limp, as by a man lame of one leg.

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1790 A. Wilson Poems 201 Wi' yowlin' clinch aul' Jennock ran.

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clinchv.¹

/klɪnʃ/

Forms: Also 1500s clinche, Scottish clynsch, 1600s clinsh.

Etymology: A later variant of clench v.¹; perhaps only phonetic, but more probably by assimilation of clench to the northern form clink v.¹, found a century earlier. To a great extent it is a simple synonym of clench, but at present there is a tendency to differentiate them in use, clench being alone used in certain senses (e.g. of the fist, the teeth, etc.), while clinch is at least the more common in others; see below.

1. transitive. To fix (a nail or bolt) securely, esp. by bending and beating back or flattening the point or end which has passed through a plank or plate of any kind; to make fast by such means. Also absol. Sometimes clench v.¹

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society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > with nails

nailOE

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clinkc1440

rivetc1450

cloyc1460

clowa1522

to nail up1532

clinch1570

clint1575

inclavate1666

to nail down1669

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Liii/1 To Clinche, clingere, stringere.

1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. xcvi. 384 Clinshed as other nailes be.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. x. 175 Knocking in the nail overnight, and clinching it the next morning.

1679 in F. Beaumont et al. Loves Cure (new ed.) ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher 50 Comedies & Trag. sig. Y^v/1 Thou hast hit the nail on the head, and I will give thee six pots for't, though I ne'r clinch shooe again.

1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 11 To clinch the Nails.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Clinch..is to batter or rivet a bolt's end upon a ring or piece of plate iron; or to turn back the point of a nail that it may hold fast.

1883 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 8 453 The girder which was clinched into the plaintiff's party-wall.

†2.

a. To clasp, interlock, esp. to clasp (the hands) tightly together with the fingers interlocked. Obsolete.

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1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Enclavijar los dedos To clinch the hands with the fingers one betweene another.

a1701 C. Sedley Poems in Wks. (1722) I. 32 Or dully hang, clinch'd in each others Feet [of bees].

†b. To close tightly (the hand or fist). Obsolete. Now always clench v.¹

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the world > space > relative position > posture > act of drawing body into compact form > drawn into compact form [verb (transitive)] > clench

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fasten1559

knit1602

set1602

clinch1624

clench1755

grippen1814

grip1861

ball1890

1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) i. iii. i. iii. 170 Like her..that thought she could shake all the world with her finger, and was afraid to clinch her hand together.

1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) To clinch the fist, serrer le poing.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. vi. 93 With my Fist clenched.

1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 405 The patient..would..strike..her head and breast with her hands clinched.

†c. intransitive (for reflexive). Of the hands, etc. Obsolete.

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the world > space > relative position > posture > act of drawing body into compact form > drawn into compact form [verb (intransitive)] > clench

clunch1628

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1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 186 Toes that clinch together.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 222 When I spoke the Words, my Hands would clinch together, and my Fingers press the Palms of my Hands.

d. intransitive. To close and struggle at close grips. (Now U.S. Cf. clinch n.¹ 5.)

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society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)] > fight at close quarters > grapple

buckle1535

strangle1595

ingrapple1599

grapple1825

clinch1828

1828 Yankee May 174/3 A native Yankee..would never be the first to strike a blow, nor hardly ever the first to clinch, as he calls it.

e. spec. in Boxing. To fall into a clinch (see clinch n.¹ 5b). Also transitive with person as object.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (intransitive)] > fall into clinch

clinch1860

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (transitive)] > grapple with

clinch1860

1860 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner (1887) 39 The rough-and-tumble fighters all clinch.

1863 in H. D. Miles Pugilistica (1881) III. 516/2 The Yankee again ‘clinching’—we must borrow an Americanism which expresses more than our word ‘closing’—succeeded in once more putting on the ‘hug’ and throwing King heavily.

1887 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 17 Jan. 5/2 Glass returned with a blow on Bowen's neck. The men then clinched.

1893 Doran Sci. Self-def. 84 You can also take this hold as your opponent endeavours to clinch you.

1899 Life of Bob Fitzsimmons 6 In the sixth round the men clinched.

1899 Life of Bob Fitzsimmons 14 The clinching was of the hottest kind.

1910 J. J. Corbett My Life & Fights 26 I clinched with Kilrain.

1923 L. R. Tosswill Boxing Up-to-date 58 In competitions held under the auspices of the Royal Navy and Army..the command ‘Break away’ is given by the referee the moment the boxers clinch.

f. intransitive. To embrace. (Cf. clinch n.¹ 5c.) colloquial (originally U.S.).

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the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [verb (intransitive)]

clipc1305

halchc1650

clinch1900

1900 G. Ade Fables in Slang 60 George was sitting on the Front Porch with a good Side Hold on..Mabel... While they were Clinched, Mabel's Father..came down the Stairway.

1952 P. G. Wodehouse Pigs have Wings viii. 157 ‘I saw them together. Close together,’ said Lady Constance significantly. ‘God bless my soul! What, clinched together?’ ‘When I saw them, they were not actually embracing.’

1953 Punch 26 Aug. 274/1 They..sit like lovers about to clinch.

3. transitive. Nautical. To make fast the end of a rope in a particular way: see clinch n.¹ 2.

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society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > bind or fasten

to turn in?1537

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reeve1627

seize1644

nip1670

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clinch1780

nipper1794

clench1803

to turn in1834

1780 Falconer's Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) App. Etalinguer, to clinch the cable to it's anchor.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk.

4. intransitive. To fix oneself, fasten on.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > be or become attached or affixed [verb (intransitive)] > remain attached > adhere

cleavec897

to stick (cleave, cling, etc.) like a burc1330

sita1398

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engleim?1440

adhere1557

clag1563

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clencha1600

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affix1695

clinch1793

to stick (to one) like wax1809

cleam-

1793 J. Leslie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Birds VI. 165 The savages held out a stick on which the birds clinched.

5. transitive. To make firm and sure (a matter, assertion, argument, bargain, etc.); to drive home; to make conclusive, confirm, establish. Also clench v.¹

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the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)] > settle conclusively

clint1575

clenchc1677

clincha1714

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > prove, demonstrate [verb (transitive)] > conclusively

clint1575

stick1611

clenchc1677

clincha1714

nail1787

a1714 J. Sharp Serm. against Popery (1735) vii. 163 The Council of Trent..clincheth the Business as effectually as possible.

1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband iv. i. 71 How stands your Affair with Miss..? C. Bas... It drives like a Nail, we want nothing now but a Parson, to clinch it.

1786 A. M. Bennett Juvenile Indiscretions I. 90 No man..knew better how to clinch a good bargain in his dealings.

1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. x. 198 He clinches this argument by drawing a terrible picture.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. 1st Ser. xi. 366 They clinched, as it were, the whole matter.

†6. transitive. To secure, make fast. Obsolete. rare. (Cf. nail v. 5b.)

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1803 Ld. Nelson 18 Oct. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) V. 252 If he offers his services you may be sure I will then clinch him for Mrs. Nelson's brother.

†7. intransitive. To make clinches or puns, to pun, quibble. Obsolete. (Cf. clinch n.¹ 6.) Also clench n.

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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > be witty with words [verb (intransitive)] > pun

allude1556

clinch1648

quibble1650

pun1670

1648 J. Birkenhead News from Pembroke 4 I have given you Dr. Wals place, for the weakest goes to the Wall (you must give me leave to clinch).

a1687 Duke of Buckingham Adv. Painter in Wks. (1705) II. 82 Let 'em all clinch round.

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clinchv.²

Forms: Also clench.

Scottish.

To limp, halt.

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a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Trial of Fox l. 968 in Poems (1981) 40 Clinscheand he come, that he micht not be kend.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) v. v. 65 The tother part, lamyt, clynschis.

a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) App. p. xxxii/2 The creples..would clinch out upon their stilts.

1737 W. Meston Old Mother Grim's Tales ix. 59 Brookie..Clench'd out of Doors.

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† clinchv.³

Etymology: By-form of clink v.¹

Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. = clink v.¹ 1a.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > ring [verb (intransitive)] > clink or chink

clinkc1386

clinchc1440

twinka1529

chink1589

to cry clink1607

jink1828

plink1877

clink-clank1921

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 81 Cleppyn or clynchyn. [1499 Pynson, Clyppyn or clynkyn, tinnio.]

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n.¹1626

n.²1790

v.¹1570

v.²?a1500

v.³c1440

单词	clinch
释义	clinchn.¹ /klɪnʃ/ Forms: Middle English clynche, 1700s clintch, 1600s– clinch. Etymology: A variant of clench n.: compare clinch v.¹ 1. A fastening in which the end of a nail is turned over and driven back into the substance through which it has passed, or in which the end of a bolt is beaten down and flattened upon a metal ring or washer put round it for the purpose; the clinched point of a nail; a clinched nail or bolt. Sometimes clench n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > clinch-nail clinch-nail1626 clinch1659 clincher1725 society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > bolt > types of round bolt1582 ringbolt1599 pikebolt1622 rag bolt1625 set-bolt1627 clinch-bolta1642 eyebolt1649 clinch1659 screw-bolt1690 king bolt1740 wrain-bolt1750 wraining-bolt1769 toggle-bolt1794 strap-bolt1795 wring-bolt1815 through-bolt1821 truss-bolt1825 slip-stopper1831 stud bolt1838 anchor bolt1839 king rod1843 joint bolt1844 spade-bolt1850 shackle-bolt1852 roof bolt1853 set-stud1855 coach bolt1869 truss-rod1873 fox-bolt1874 garnish-bolt1874 fang-bolt1876 stud1878 U bolta1884 rock bolt1887 hook bolt1899 tower bolt1911 explosive bolt1948 society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > parts of nails rivet1392 nail head1440 shank1483 clench1598 clinch1725 dog-head1793 1659 T. Willsford Architectonice 25 Clinches may break, or the hooks, then are the shanks difficult to draw. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Shoeing of Horses Cut them off and clinch them, so as the clinches may be hidden in the Hoof. 1889 T. Scrutton in Letter The ring on which the clinch is formed is called a ‘burr’ or ‘rove’ in boat-building. 2. Nautical. ‘A method of fastening large ropes by a half-hitch, with the end stopped back to its own part by seizings’ (Adm. Smyth): that part of a rope which is clinched. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > knot used by sailors > specific bowline-knot1627 clinch1627 sheepshank1627 wall-knot1627 running bowline1710 running bowline knot1726 bend1769 clove-hitch1769 half-hitch1769 hitch1769 walnut1769 cat's paw1794 midshipman's hitch1794 reef knot1794 clench1804 French shroud knot1808 carrick bend1819 bowline1823 slippery hitch1832 wall1834 Matthew Walker1841 shroud-knot1860 stopper-knotc1860 marling hitch1867 wind-knot1870 Portuguese knot1871 rosette1875 chain knota1877 stopper-hitch1876 swab-hitch1883 monkey fist1917 Spanish bowline1968 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > knot > any knot used by sailors > other specific sailors' knots bowline-knot1627 clinch1627 sheepshank1627 wall-knot1627 running bowline1710 running bowline knot1726 bend1769 clove-hitch1769 half-hitch1769 hitch1769 walnut1769 Magnus hitch1794 midshipman's hitch1794 clench1804 French shroud knot1808 carrick bend1819 bowline1823 slippery hitch1832 wall1834 cat's paw1840 Matthew Walker1841 shroud-knot1860 stopper-knotc1860 Portuguese knot1871 chain knota1877 stopper-hitch1876 swab-hitch1883 Spanish bowline1968 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. v. 22 To saue the clinch of the cable from galling. 1778 J. Cook Jrnl. 16 July (1967) III. ii. 401 The Cable parted at the clinch. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. at Clinch ‘The cable runs out to the clinch,’ means, there is no more to veer. 3. a. A thing which clutches, grips or fixes fast. ΚΠ 1822 G. W. Manby Voy. Greenland (1823) 77 Whale louse..head..with four horns, two of which..serve as clinches, to fix the animals to the subject which they attack..they have six other clinches behind, with which they rivet themselves so fast to the whale, that they cannot be disengaged, but by cutting out the part. b. The grip or hold (of plaster on a wall). ΚΠ 1897 F. C. Moore How to build Home ii. 16 The lath should be furred out from the sheathing so as to secure a good ‘clinch’ or ‘key’ to the plaster. 4. A clinching or riveting together; the clinching of an argument, opinion, etc. Also clench n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [noun] > conclusive proof or argument > use of clinch1855 clinching1871 clenching1880 1855 R. Browning Master Hugues xi I believe in you, but that's not enough; Give my conviction a clinch! 1878 R. Browning Poets Croisic lxxi Welded lines with clinch Of ending word and word. 5. a. U.S. A struggle or scuffle at close grips. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > a fight > at close grips close1598 grabble1650 clinch1849 clench1880 1849 C. Lanman Lett. Alleghany Mts. vi. 50 On reaching the bottom, he found the wolf alive, when a ‘clinch fight’ ensued, and the hunter's knife completely severed the heart of the animal. 1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table iii. 64 No words, but..a clean, straight, hard hit..and the conflict terminated in one of those inglorious and inevitable Yankee clinches followed by a general melée. 1881 Family Herald 12 Mar. 304 A citizen who met with a mishap in a bar-room ‘clinch’. b. spec. in Boxing. Grappling at close quarters or holding after an exchange of blows. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > actions or positions first bloodc1540 guard1601 feint1684 in holds1713 shifting1793 rally1805 muzzler1811 one-two1811 stop1812 southpaw1813 fibbing1814 leveller1814 mouther1814 ribber1814 stomacher1814 teller1814 in-fighting1816 muzzling1819 weaving1821 out-fighting1831 arm guard1832 countering1858 counter1861 clinching1863 prop1869 clinch1875 right and left1887 hook-hit1890 hook1898 cross1906 lead1906 jolt1908 swing1910 body shot1918 head shot1927 bolo punch1950 snap-back1950 counterpunch1957 counterpunching1957 Ali shuffle1966 rope-a-dope1975 1875 Amer. Cycl. XIV. 74/1 Unless there is a knock-down, the rounds usually terminate in a clinch. 1897 R. G. A. Allanson-Winn Boxing 329 Occasionally after a spell of in-fighting, but not in actually breaking away after a close or clinch, you may administer an excellent upper cut. 1901 R. Fitzsimmons Physical Culture 152 Corbett seemed to think clinches were his best time for a knock-out blow. 1923 L. R. Tosswill Boxing Up-to-date 58 The best thing to do is to fall into a clinch, dropping forward with your hands resting on your opponent's arms, while your ribs and stomach are protected by your elbows. c. An embrace. colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [noun] beclipping1340 complexion1493 clipa1586 brace1589 twine1602 fold1609 grasp1609 claspa1616 abrazoa1626 colla1627 cling1633 hug1659 folding1713 squeeze1790 cuddle1825 bear squeeze1845 bear hug1870 clinch1901 bosie1952 side hug1984 cwtch1992 bro hug2000 1901 ‘H. McHugh’ John Henry 25 A love clinch from Laura Jean Libbey's latest. 1929 W. Root in Bookman (N.Y.) Feb. 622/1 ‘Darling!’ and they go into a clinch. 1948 P. G. Wodehouse Spring Fever ii. 23 Nothing would have given Stanwood more pleasure than to have seen the young couple fading out on the clinch. 1959 J. Osborne World Paul Slickey i. iv. 38 The ‘King’ and ‘Queen’ go into a clinch. 6. A sharp repartee that twists or turns about the meaning of a word; a wordplay, a pun. Also clench n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [noun] > play on words, pun allusion1550 nick1561 paronomasia1577 paronomasy1592 quiblin1605 quibblea1627 quiblet1627 clinch1629 quibbling1633 clink1634 clench1638 pun1644 conundrum1645 whim1652 pundigrion1673 jeu de mots1823 calembour1830 Tom Swifty1963 paronym1982 1629 J. Taylor Wit & Mirth (new ed.) (title page) Wit and mirth..made vp, and fashioned into Clinches, Bulls, Quirkes, etc. [Taylor's specimen of a clinch sig. C2, ‘A countryman being demanded how such a Riuer was called, that ranne through their Country: he answered that they neuer had need to call Riuer, for it alwayes came without calling’.] 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 61. ¶2 James the First..made very few Bishops or Privy-Counsellors that had not some time or other signalized themselves by a Clinch, or a Conundrum. a1774 O. Goldsmith tr. P. Scarron Comic Romance (1775) I. viii. 49 Stunned with their puns and clinches. (Cf. [see carriwitchet n.]. ) 7. (See quot. 1873.) ΚΠ 1847 G. W. M. Reynolds Myst. London III. xxv. 71/2 Should you do this and get the clinch. 1873 Slang Dict. To get the clinch: to be locked up in jail. Compounds [In some cases this is the verb-stem.] clinch-bolt n. a bolt that is clinched. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > bolt > types of round bolt1582 ringbolt1599 pikebolt1622 rag bolt1625 set-bolt1627 clinch-bolta1642 eyebolt1649 clinch1659 screw-bolt1690 king bolt1740 wrain-bolt1750 wraining-bolt1769 toggle-bolt1794 strap-bolt1795 wring-bolt1815 through-bolt1821 truss-bolt1825 slip-stopper1831 stud bolt1838 anchor bolt1839 king rod1843 joint bolt1844 spade-bolt1850 shackle-bolt1852 roof bolt1853 set-stud1855 coach bolt1869 truss-rod1873 fox-bolt1874 garnish-bolt1874 fang-bolt1876 stud1878 U bolta1884 rock bolt1887 hook bolt1899 tower bolt1911 explosive bolt1948 a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) iii. 345/2 Clinch-bolts are clinched with a Rivetting Hammer. 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Clench-bolt. clinch-built adj. = clinker-built adj. at clinker n.³ Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > built with planks overlapping shingled1362 clincheda1547 clincher-built1769 clinker-built1769 plank-over-plank1769 clencher-built1850 clinch-built1867 lapstreaked1883 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Clinch-built, Clinker, or overlapping edges. 1889Clinch-built [see clinch plate n.]. † clinch-fist n. Obsolete a grasping fellow, a miser. clinch-hammer n. a hammer used for clinching. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > driving or beating tools > [noun] > hammer > other hammers hand-hammereOE maulc1225 plating hammer1543 bucker1653 axe-hammer1681 brick hammer1688 chipping hammer1783 tup1848 clinch-hammer1850 tack-hammer1865 bucking hammer1875 bloat1881 ringer1883 key hammer1884 peen hammer1885 straight pein1904 toffee hammer1958 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 123 Clench-hammers should be made of hard steel, with one flat end for clenching. clinch-joint n. the kind of joint used in clinch-work. clinch-nail n. a nail of a kind adapted for clinching. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > clinch-nail clinch-nail1626 clinch1659 clincher1725 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 3 Roue and clinch-nailes. 1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xx. 499 In the year 1291 we find clinch-nails at Pevensey. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Clench-nails..are much used in boat-building, being such as can be driven without splitting the boards, and drawn without breaking. clinch plate n. a plate on the inside of clinch-work. ΚΠ 1889 P. B. Du Chaillu Viking Age I. xii. 219 The boat is clinch-built; that is, the planks are held together by large iron bolts with round heads outside, and clinch plates on the inside, at a distance of 5 ½ inches from each other. clinch-ring n. ‘a lap-ring or open ring, in which the parts on the sides of the opening overlap each other’ (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech.). clinch-work n. = clinker n.³ Compounds 1 work. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > wooden structures or wooden parts of > lap-jointed work clincher-work1769 clinch-work1784 1784 London Chron. No. 4287 That no clinch-work vessel..should be built of a larger burthen than 60 tons. 1787 Act 27 Geo. III c. 32 in Coll. Statutes Admiralty, Navy, Shipping All vessels..whose Bottoms are Clench-Work. 1805 Naval Chron. 14 343 A new sort of Catamaran, built something like a Canoe, but clinch work. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). clinchn.² Etymology: < clinch v.² Scottish. A limp, as by a man lame of one leg. ΚΠ 1790 A. Wilson Poems 201 Wi' yowlin' clinch aul' Jennock ran. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021). clinchv.¹ /klɪnʃ/ Forms: Also 1500s clinche, Scottish clynsch, 1600s clinsh. Etymology: A later variant of clench v.¹; perhaps only phonetic, but more probably by assimilation of clench to the northern form clink v.¹, found a century earlier. To a great extent it is a simple synonym of clench, but at present there is a tendency to differentiate them in use, clench being alone used in certain senses (e.g. of the fist, the teeth, etc.), while clinch is at least the more common in others; see below. 1. transitive. To fix (a nail or bolt) securely, esp. by bending and beating back or flattening the point or end which has passed through a plank or plate of any kind; to make fast by such means. Also absol. Sometimes clench v.¹ ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > with nails nailOE clencha1250 clinkc1440 rivetc1450 cloyc1460 clowa1522 to nail up1532 clinch1570 clint1575 inclavate1666 to nail down1669 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Liii/1 To Clinche, clingere, stringere. 1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. xcvi. 384 Clinshed as other nailes be. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. x. 175 Knocking in the nail overnight, and clinching it the next morning. 1679 in F. Beaumont et al. Loves Cure (new ed.) ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher 50 Comedies & Trag. sig. Y^v/1 Thou hast hit the nail on the head, and I will give thee six pots for't, though I ne'r clinch shooe again. 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 11 To clinch the Nails. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Clinch..is to batter or rivet a bolt's end upon a ring or piece of plate iron; or to turn back the point of a nail that it may hold fast. 1883 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 8 453 The girder which was clinched into the plaintiff's party-wall. †2. a. To clasp, interlock, esp. to clasp (the hands) tightly together with the fingers interlocked. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Enclavijar los dedos To clinch the hands with the fingers one betweene another. a1701 C. Sedley Poems in Wks. (1722) I. 32 Or dully hang, clinch'd in each others Feet [of bees]. †b. To close tightly (the hand or fist). Obsolete. Now always clench v.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > act of drawing body into compact form > drawn into compact form [verb (transitive)] > clench clitchc1025 fasten1559 knit1602 set1602 clinch1624 clench1755 grippen1814 grip1861 ball1890 1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) i. iii. i. iii. 170 Like her..that thought she could shake all the world with her finger, and was afraid to clinch her hand together. 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) To clinch the fist, serrer le poing. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. vi. 93 With my Fist clenched. 1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 405 The patient..would..strike..her head and breast with her hands clinched. †c. intransitive (for reflexive). Of the hands, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > act of drawing body into compact form > drawn into compact form [verb (intransitive)] > clench clunch1628 clinch1652 clench1843 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 186 Toes that clinch together. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 222 When I spoke the Words, my Hands would clinch together, and my Fingers press the Palms of my Hands. d. intransitive. To close and struggle at close grips. (Now U.S. Cf. clinch n.¹ 5.) ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)] > fight at close quarters > grapple buckle1535 strangle1595 ingrapple1599 grapple1825 clinch1828 1828 Yankee May 174/3 A native Yankee..would never be the first to strike a blow, nor hardly ever the first to clinch, as he calls it. e. spec. in Boxing. To fall into a clinch (see clinch n.¹ 5b). Also transitive with person as object. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (intransitive)] > fall into clinch clinch1860 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (transitive)] > grapple with clinch1860 1860 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner (1887) 39 The rough-and-tumble fighters all clinch. 1863 in H. D. Miles Pugilistica (1881) III. 516/2 The Yankee again ‘clinching’—we must borrow an Americanism which expresses more than our word ‘closing’—succeeded in once more putting on the ‘hug’ and throwing King heavily. 1887 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 17 Jan. 5/2 Glass returned with a blow on Bowen's neck. The men then clinched. 1893 Doran Sci. Self-def. 84 You can also take this hold as your opponent endeavours to clinch you. 1899 Life of Bob Fitzsimmons 6 In the sixth round the men clinched. 1899 Life of Bob Fitzsimmons 14 The clinching was of the hottest kind. 1910 J. J. Corbett My Life & Fights 26 I clinched with Kilrain. 1923 L. R. Tosswill Boxing Up-to-date 58 In competitions held under the auspices of the Royal Navy and Army..the command ‘Break away’ is given by the referee the moment the boxers clinch. f. intransitive. To embrace. (Cf. clinch n.¹ 5c.) colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [verb (intransitive)] clipc1305 halchc1650 clinch1900 1900 G. Ade Fables in Slang 60 George was sitting on the Front Porch with a good Side Hold on..Mabel... While they were Clinched, Mabel's Father..came down the Stairway. 1952 P. G. Wodehouse Pigs have Wings viii. 157 ‘I saw them together. Close together,’ said Lady Constance significantly. ‘God bless my soul! What, clinched together?’ ‘When I saw them, they were not actually embracing.’ 1953 Punch 26 Aug. 274/1 They..sit like lovers about to clinch. 3. transitive. Nautical. To make fast the end of a rope in a particular way: see clinch n.¹ 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > bind or fasten to turn in?1537 frap1548 reeve1627 seize1644 nip1670 marl1704 marline1706 clinch1780 nipper1794 clench1803 to turn in1834 1780 Falconer's Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) App. Etalinguer, to clinch the cable to it's anchor. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 4. intransitive. To fix oneself, fasten on. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > be or become attached or affixed [verb (intransitive)] > remain attached > adhere cleavec897 to stick (cleave, cling, etc.) like a burc1330 sita1398 clinga1400 clengec1400 engleim?1440 adhere1557 clag1563 clasp1569 clencha1600 clung1601 clam1610 yclingec1620 affix1695 clinch1793 to stick (to one) like wax1809 cleam- 1793 J. Leslie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Birds VI. 165 The savages held out a stick on which the birds clinched. 5. transitive. To make firm and sure (a matter, assertion, argument, bargain, etc.); to drive home; to make conclusive, confirm, establish. Also clench v.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)] > settle conclusively clint1575 clenchc1677 clincha1714 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > prove, demonstrate [verb (transitive)] > conclusively clint1575 stick1611 clenchc1677 clincha1714 nail1787 a1714 J. Sharp Serm. against Popery (1735) vii. 163 The Council of Trent..clincheth the Business as effectually as possible. 1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband iv. i. 71 How stands your Affair with Miss..? C. Bas... It drives like a Nail, we want nothing now but a Parson, to clinch it. 1786 A. M. Bennett Juvenile Indiscretions I. 90 No man..knew better how to clinch a good bargain in his dealings. 1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. x. 198 He clinches this argument by drawing a terrible picture. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. 1st Ser. xi. 366 They clinched, as it were, the whole matter. †6. transitive. To secure, make fast. Obsolete. rare. (Cf. nail v. 5b.) ΚΠ 1803 Ld. Nelson 18 Oct. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) V. 252 If he offers his services you may be sure I will then clinch him for Mrs. Nelson's brother. †7. intransitive. To make clinches or puns, to pun, quibble. Obsolete. (Cf. clinch n.¹ 6.) Also clench n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > be witty with words [verb (intransitive)] > pun allude1556 clinch1648 quibble1650 pun1670 1648 J. Birkenhead News from Pembroke 4 I have given you Dr. Wals place, for the weakest goes to the Wall (you must give me leave to clinch). a1687 Duke of Buckingham Adv. Painter in Wks. (1705) II. 82 Let 'em all clinch round. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021). clinchv.² Forms: Also clench. Scottish. To limp, halt. ΚΠ a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Trial of Fox l. 968 in Poems (1981) 40 Clinscheand he come, that he micht not be kend. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) v. v. 65 The tother part, lamyt, clynschis. a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) App. p. xxxii/2 The creples..would clinch out upon their stilts. 1737 W. Meston Old Mother Grim's Tales ix. 59 Brookie..Clench'd out of Doors. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021). † clinchv.³ Etymology: By-form of clink v.¹ Obsolete. rare. intransitive. = clink v.¹ 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > ring [verb (intransitive)] > clink or chink clinkc1386 clinchc1440 twinka1529 chink1589 to cry clink1607 jink1828 plink1877 clink-clank1921 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 81 Cleppyn or clynchyn. [1499 Pynson, Clyppyn or clynkyn, tinnio.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.¹1626n.²1790v.¹1570v.²?a1500v.³c1440
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