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Of a fist: closed, clenched. Obsolete. rare.
Firmly fastened as a nail or bolt; clinker-built. Formerly in other senses of clenched, adj.
Of a hand or fist: clenched. Frequently in steeked nieve (see nieve, n. 1).
In senses of the verb. Of the fist, the jaws: Clenched.
Formed into a club or knot; clenched.
Firmly fastened, tightly closed.