<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/xml/zthes-05.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>31341586</termId><termName>clinching</termName><termType>PT</termType><termNote><![CDATA[ The process of securing a nail, bolt, or other rod-like piece that has been driven through a substance by beating back the point or end of the nail or bolt with a hammer or other tool so that the end is turned over and driven back into the substance through which it has passed. Also, the process in which the end of a bolt is beaten down and flattened upon a metal ring or washer put around it for the purpose. ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>2026-03-30 20:32:07</termCreatedDate><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31341587</termId><termName>clenched</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31341588</termId><termName>clenching</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31341589</termId><termName>clinched</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>BT</relationType><termId>31317836</termId><termName>fastening</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>