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Churching
- verb - perform a special church rite or service for; "church a woman after childbirth"
Clenching
- verb - hold in a tight grasp; "clench a steering wheel"
- squeeze together tightly; "clench one's jaw"
Clinching
- verb - embrace amorously
- flatten the ends (of nails and rivets); "the nails were clinched"
- hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches
- hold in a tight grasp; "clench a steering wheel"
- secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts; "The girder was clinched into the wall"
- settle conclusively; "clinch a deal"
Clutching
- verb - affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
- hold firmly, usually with one's hands; "She clutched my arm when she got scared"
- take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"
Colophene
- - A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene. Called also diterebene.
Colophons
- noun - a publisher's emblem printed in a book (usually on the title page)
Colophony
- noun - translucent brittle substance produced from pine oleoresin; used especially in varnishes and inks and on the bows of stringed instruments
Coryphene
- - A fish of the genus Coryph. See Dolphin. (2)
Cranching
- verb - press or grind with a crushing noise