CPage 349
- English Word Climbing Definition p. pr. & vb. n. of Climb.
- English Word Clime Definition A climate; a tract or region of the earth. See Climate.
- English Word Clinanthium Definition The receptacle of the flowers in a composite plant; -- also called clinium.
- English Word Clinch Definition To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.
- English Word Clinch Definition To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first.
- English Word Clinch Definition 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.
- English Word Clinch Definition To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument.
- English Word Clinch Definition To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.
- English Word Clinch Definition 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.
- English Word Clinch Definition A pun.
- English Word Clinch Definition 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.
- English Word Clinched Definition of Clinch
- English Word Clincher Definition One who, or that which, clinches; that which holds fast.
- English Word Clincher Definition That which ends a dispute or controversy; a decisive argument.
- English Word Clincher-built Definition See Clinker-built.
- English Word Clinching Definition of Clinch
- English Word Cling Definition 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.
- English Word Cling Definition To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing.
- English Word Cling Definition To make to dry up or wither.
- English Word Cling Definition Adherence; attachment; devotion.