Hypertext Webster Gateway: "clung"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clung \Clung\, a. [Prop. p. p. fr. OE. clingen to wither. See
{Cling}, v. i.]
Wasted away; shrunken. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clung \Clung\,
imp. & p. p. of {Cling}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cling \Cling\ (kl[i^]ng), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clung}
(kl[u^]ng), {Clong} (kl[o^]ng), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Clinging}.] [AS. clingan to adhere, to wither; akin to Dan.
klynge to cluster, crowd. Cf. {Clump}.]
To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by
twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings
to its support; -- usually followed by to or together.
And what hath life for thee That thou shouldst cling to
it thus? --Mrs. Hemans.
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