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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1513, 1628, 1683
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Clinsch, Clyn(s)ch, v. Also: clinch, clinsh. [Of obscure origin.] intr. To limp, to halt. a1500 Henr. Fab. 960.
Clinscheand [B. clyncheand] he come, that he micht not be kend 1513 Doug. v. v. 65.
The tother part [of the adder], lamyt, clynschis and makis hir byd 1628 Boyd Serm. in Zion's Flowers App. 32/2.
The creples … would clinch out upon their stilts 1683 Durham Serm. 170.
Though he had been feeble, yet he would have creeped, clinshed, and cripled to it as he might
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