clint v OED ~ v obs exc dial (1575, 1655); EDD v 1 Do So D. To fasten firmly by bending the protruding point of a nail; CLINK.
   [1917] 1972 GORDON 97 St Helen made good headway under her engine, but she got such a thumping that the engine-bed bolts were started, and we were only able to keep going by 'clinting' six-inch nails along the bedding plate. C 68-24 Shaving was an every day affair if I wanted to have a clean face. I was discussing my problem with my friend ... (he said]: 'I don't know what you can do, b'y, unless you hammers it in and clints it.' P 113-69 ~ To turn over the end of a nail protruding through a board, so that it holds firmly and does not stick out.

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