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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clinch \Clinch\ (kl[i^]nch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clinched}; p. pr & vb n. {Clinching}.] [OE. clenchen, prop. causative of clink to cause to clink, to strike; cf D. klinken to tinkle, rivet. See {Clink}.] 1. To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly. ``Clinch the pointed spear.'' --Dryden. 2. To set closely together; to close tightly; as to clinch the teeth or the first --Swift. 3. 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. 4. To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as to clinch an argument. --South.
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