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• Nail (fastener) — A pile of nails. In woodworking and construction, a nail is a pin shaped, sharp object of hard metal or alloy used as a fastener. Formerly wrought iron, today s nails are typically made of steel, often dipped or coated to prevent corrosion in… …   Wikipedia

• Clinched — Clinch Clinch (kl[i^]nch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clinched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clinching}.] [OE. clenchen, prop. causative of clink to cause to clink, to strike; cf. D. klinken to tinkle, rivet. See {Clink}.] 1. To hold firmly; to hold fast by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• boat nail — noun : a nail usually 3 to 10 inches long made with a large oval or round head or often a rosehead and of soft galvanized iron or of copper usually with a rectangular shaft tapering to a blunt or chisel point and capable of being effectively… …   Useful english dictionary

• clinch — clinchingly, adv. /klinch/, v.t. 1. to settle (a matter) decisively: After they clinched the deal they went out to celebrate. 2. to secure (a nail, screw, etc.) in position by beating down the protruding point: He drove the nails through the… …   Universalium

• clinch — [[t]klɪntʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to settle (a matter) decisively 2) bui a) to secure (a nail, screw, etc.) in position by beating down the protruding point b) bui to fasten (objects) together by nails, screws, etc., secured in this manner 3) spo to… …   From formal English to slang

• clinch — I. verb Etymology: probably alteration of clench Date: 1542 transitive verb 1. clench 3 2. a. to turn over or flatten the protruding pointed end of (a driven nail); also to treat (as a screw, bolt, or rivet) in a similar way b. to fasten in this… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• clinch — /klɪntʃ / (say klinch) verb (t) 1. to secure (a driven nail, etc.), as by beating down or turning over the protruding point. 2. to fasten (work) together thus. 3. to settle (a matter) decisively. 4. Nautical to secure overlapping plates on the… …  

• clinch — [klinch] vt. [var. of CLENCH] 1. to secure (a nail, bolt, etc. that has been driven through something) by bending or flattening the projecting end 2. to fasten firmly together by this means 3. a) to settle (an argument, bargain, etc.) definitely… …   English World dictionary

• ice hockey — a game played on ice between two teams of six skaters each, the object being to score goals by shooting a puck into the opponents cage using a stick with a wooden blade set at an obtuse angle to the shaft. [1880 85] * * * Game played on an ice… …   Universalium

• football — /foot bawl /, n. 1. a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent s goal line and by place… …   Universalium

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