What is the bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven trough an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail called?
clinch — The bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven trough an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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