clitchingn.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > [noun] > crooking or bending a joint
clitching1398
clightinga1430
articulation?1541
the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of bending > [noun] > specific part of body
clitching1398
clightinga1430
flexion1615
buckling1638
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. lvii. 172 In clytchynge and bendynge and stretchynge of membres.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xviii. ix. 763 What fysshes do..wyth drawynge and clytchyng [MS. Bodl. clicchinge] of fynnes; and foules and birdes with clitchyng and spreding of wynges.
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2. Making fast; sticking. dialect.
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