ppl. a. [f. CLENCH v.1 + -ED1.] Firmly fastened, tightly closed.

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c. 1440.  Promp. Parv., 80. Clenchydde [1499 clenched], retensus, repansus.

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1613.  R. C., Table Alph. (ed. 3), Clenched fastened.

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1708.  Motteux, Rabelais, IV. xiv. With his clench’d fist.

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1816.  J. Scott, Vis. Paris, 10. The clenched union of a commonwealth of rights and possessions!

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1851.  Longf., Gold. Leg., IV. Chapel. With clenched and convulsive fingers.

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