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clenched, ppl. a.
(klɛnʃt, poet. ˈklɛnʃɪd)
[f. clench1 v. + -ed1.]
Firmly fastened, tightly closed.
c1440Promp. Parv. 80 Clenchydde [1499 clenched], retensus, repansus. 1613R. C. Table Alph. (ed. 3), Clenched, fastened. 1708Motteux Rabelais iv. xiv, With his clench'd fist. 1816J. Scott Vis. Paris 10 The clenched union of a commonwealth of rights and possessions! 1851Longfellow Gold. Leg. iv. Chapel, With clenched and convulsive fingers. |