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The receptacle of the flowers in a composite plant; -- also called clinium.
To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.
To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first.
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.
To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument.
To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.
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.
A pun.
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.
of Clinch
One who, or that which, clinches; that which holds fast.
That which ends a dispute or controversy; a decisive argument.
See Clinker-built.
of Clinch
To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually followed by to or together.
To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing.
To make to dry up or wither.
Adherence; attachment; devotion.
of Cling
Having the flesh attached closely to the stone, as in some kinds of peaches.