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- adjective Obsolete form of
clenched . - verb obsolete Simple past tense and past participle of
clench .
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Examples
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"Onct agin do I escape deth!" said the Juke between his clencht teeth, still on the jibpoop.
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Without speaking a word he wrested her fast-claspt hands asunder; but in the left she kept the crucifix tightly clencht.
The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck Ludwig Tieck 1813
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Pietro started up as in a frenzy, thrust and struck about him with clencht fists, and seemed to spread himself out to a gigantic size.
The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck Ludwig Tieck 1813
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With a loud scream the magician started from his seat, clencht his fists, and foamed at the mouth; he seemed in his fury of a gigantic size.
The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck Ludwig Tieck 1813
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No, no! Your noble onnur has a clencht it; take her now she is in the humour.
Anna St. Ives Thomas Holcroft 1777
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