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Linchi
(gcide) | Linchi \Lin"chi\ (l[i^]n"ch[i^]), n. [Native Chinese name.]
(Zool.)
An esculent swallow.
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unflinching
(encz) | unflinching,neohrožený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unflinchingly
(encz) | unflinchingly,neochvějně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Clinching
(gcide) | 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 grasping or embracing
tightly. "Clinch the pointed spear." --Dryden.
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2. To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch
the teeth or the first. --Swift.
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3. To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been
driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as,
to clinch a nail.
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4. To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to
clinch an argument. --South.
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Flinching
(gcide) | Flinch \Flinch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flinched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flinching.] [Prob. fr. OE. flecchen to waver, give way, F.
fl['e]chir, fr. L. flectere to bend; but prob. influenced by
E. blench. Cf. Flex.]
1. To withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain
or danger; to fail in doing or perserving; to show signs
of yielding or of suffering; to shrink; to wince; as, one
of the parties flinched from the combat.
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A child, by a constant course of kindness, may be
accustomed to bear very rough usage without
flinching or complaining. --Locke.
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2. (Croquet) To let the foot slip from a ball, when
attempting to give a tight croquet.
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Flinchingly
(gcide) | Flinchingly \Flinch"ing*ly\, adv.
In a flinching manner.
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Unflinching
(gcide) | Unflinching \Unflinching\
See flinching.Unflinching \Un*flinch"ing\, a.
Not flinching or shrinking; unyielding. --
Un*flinch"ing*ly, adv.
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Unflinchingly
(gcide) | Unflinching \Un*flinch"ing\, a.
Not flinching or shrinking; unyielding. --
Un*flinch"ing*ly, adv.
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unflinching
(wn) | unflinching
adj 1: not shrinking from danger [syn: unblinking,
unflinching, unintimidated, unshrinking] |
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