clintn.
/klɪnt/, U.S. /klɪnt/ Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete exc. dialect.
1. A hard or flinty rock; a hard rock projecting on the side of a hill or river, or in the bed of a stream; a part of a crag standing out between crevices or fissures. Used locally, and in Geology, to designate: (a) a crack or slit in rock, a grike; (b) esp. A hard bare eroded rock-surface, spec. one developed in limestone regions in the N.W. Pennines in Britain.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > fissure or crack
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shake1747
grike1781
sun crack1831
mud-crack1853
shrinkage crack1867
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > rock formations > [noun] > flat or eroded
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table rock1745
pavement1827
flat1873
rock fan1900
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > rock formations > [noun] > outstanding
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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17590 Þir caitif Iuus, Sent in to clinttes and in to clous To seke iesu.
a1400–50 Alexander 4830 Ȝit fand he clouen þurȝe þe clynt twa crasid gatis.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) Introd. 8 The passage and stremes..full of crag and clint.
1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) 88 Clints, crevices amongst bare limestone rocks.
1845 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 6 i. 95 Nibbling out..every patch..up to the very teeth of the hard and sturdy grey clints.
1882 J. Lucas Stud. Nidderdale 243 Clint,..crevices among bare limestone rocks.., so used in Wharfedale.
1925 Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Jan. 50/2 The hill-top platforms with deeply eroded crevices called clints or grykes.
1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Mar. 191/3 The clints (tablelands of bare stone) are not safe playgrounds for children.
1952 W. G. Moore Dict. Geogr. (ed. 2) 77 Grike or Clint, a hollow in the surface of the rock in a limestone region, formed when the limestone dissolves in rain water containing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
1963 D. W. Humphries & E. E. Humphries tr. H. Termier & G. Termier Erosion & Sedimentation 402 Clint, a bare, level surface developed on horizontal beds of limestone. The vertical fissures formed by solution along the joints are termed grikes.
2. Curling. ‘A rough, coarse stone, always first thrown off..as being most likely to keep its place on the ice’ (Jamieson).
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1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 116 (Jam.) 'Gainst the herd [he] Dang frae his clint a flaw.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† clintv.
regional. Obsolete.
transitive. To clinch, clench; = clink v.2
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the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)] > settle conclusively
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clenchc1677
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > prove, demonstrate [verb (transitive)] > conclusively
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stick1611
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nail1787
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
1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 276 It shall not bee amysse, to clynte, or nayle them faste togyther.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. iii. §28 The ‘Statute of Præmunire’..clinted [1845 ii. 296 clinched] the naile which now was driven in.
1881 H. Smith & C. R. Smith Isle of Wight Words Clented, clenched; applied to horse-shoes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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