Clime

kllm, n. Same as Climate. Clinch, klinch, Clench, v. [clinched (klincht), clinching.] To make or hold fast, grasp, gripe; to render firm, confirm, establish. — n. Act or proce of. etc.; or that which serves to hold fast; a pun. (Naut.) A kind of knot and seizings to fasten a cable or gun to ring-bolts. [ME. clenchen, to rivet, fasten firmly, D. klinken, to sound, tinkle, also to rivet, f Mink, a blow, rivet, Dan. klinke, Sw. klinka, a latch, rivet, OF. clenche, a latch.] — Clinch'er, n. One who, or that which, etc.; a decisive argument. ding, kling, v. [clung, clinging.] To adhere closely, hold fast, esp. by winding round or embracing. — v. To cause to adhere to. [AS. cling an, to shrivel up, dry up, Dan. klynge, to cluster, a cluster, Sw. klange, a tendril, clasper, clang a, to climb clamber, clamp, climb, clip, clump, ci-amp.] — Cling'y, a. Adhering closely. — Cling'- stone, n. A variety of peach, whose pulp adheres closely to the stone. Clinic, klinlk, -ical, a. Pert, to a bed; confined to bed by illne bed-ridden. — Clinic, n. One confined, etc. [L. clinic us, a bed-ridden person, a physician, Gr. kline, a bed, klinein, to slope, lie down.] — Clinique, -ek', n. An examination of diseased persons by medical profe ors in presence of their pupils. [F.] Clink, klink, [clinked (klinkt), clinking.] To make a small, sharp, ringing sound. — n. A ringing sound. [Ic. kling! tins! tang!, klingja, to ring, D. klinken, to sound, tinkle, ktink, a blow. See Click.] — Clink'er, n. Several bricks united by heat; scoria, or refuse of a furnace; vitrified matter ejected from a volcano. \T>.klinker, a hardened brick (which sonorous), klinke, & tile.]— Clink'- stone, n. (Mn.) An igneous rock of feldspathic composition like porphyry, but lamellar.