| CLI | (in boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily |
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| CLI | a tight embrace |
| CLI | a small slip noose made with seizing |
| CLI | flatten the ends (of nails and rivets) |
| CLI | secure by clinching |
| CLI | hold in a tight grasp |
| CLI | closed or squeezed together tightly |
| CLI | a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively |
| CLI | an argument that is conclusive |
| CLI | (of ships) built with overlapping hull planks |
| CLI | Americn geneticist who succeeded in transferring a functioning gene from one mouse to another (born in 1934) |
| CLI | fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit |