Chapter 44

Clef (kl&ebreve;f; 277), n. [F. clef key, a key in music, fr. L. clavis key. See Clavicle.] (Mus.) A character used in musical notation to determine the position and pitch of the scale as represented on the staff.

&fist; The clefs are three in number, called the C, F, and G clefs, and are probably corruptions or modifications of these letters. They indicate that the letters of absolute pitch belonging to the lines upon which they are placed, are respectively C, F, and G. The F or bass clef, and the G or treble clef, are fixed in their positions upon the staff. The C clef may have three positions. It may be placed upon the first or lower line of the staff, in which case it is called soprano clef, upon the third line, in which case it called alto clef, or upon the fourth line, in which case tenor clef. It rarely or never is placed upon the second line, except in ancient music. See other forms of C clef under C, 2.

Alto clef, Bass clef. See under Alto, Bass.

Cleft (kl&ebreve;ft), imp. & p. p. from Cleave.

Cleft, a. 1. Divided; split; partly divided or split.

2. (Bot.) Incised nearly to the midrib; as, a cleft leaf.

Cleft, n. [OE. clift; cf. Sw. klyft cave, den, Icel. kluft cleft, Dan. kl÷ft, G. kluft. See Cleave to split and cf. 2d Clift, 1st Clough.] 1. A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock. Is. ii. 21.

2. A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood.

3. (Far.) A disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.

Branchial clefts. See under Branchial.

Syn. -- Crack; crevice; fissure; chink; cranny.

Cleft"-foot`ed (?), a. Having a cloven foot.

Cleft"graft` (?), v. t. To ingraft by cleaving the stock and inserting a scion. Mortimer.

Cleg (?), n. [Northern Eng. & Scot. gleg: cf. Gael. crethleag.] (Zo÷l.) A small breeze or horsefly. [North of Eng. & Scot.] Jamieson.

{ Cleis`to*gam"ic (?), Cleis*tog"a*mous (?) } a. [Gr. &?; closed (fr. &?; to shut) + ga`mos marriage.] (Bot.) Having, beside the usual flowers, other minute, closed flowers, without petals or with minute petals; -- said of certain species of plants which possess flowers of two or more kinds, the closed ones being so constituted as to insure self-fertilization. Darwin.

Clem (kl&ebreve;m), v. t. & i. [Cf. clam to clog, or G. klemmen to pinch, Icel. kl÷mbra, E. clamp.] To starve; to famish. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Clem"a*tis (kl&ebreve;m"&adot;*t&ibreve;s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. klhmati`s brushwood, also (from its long, lithe branches) clematis. fr. klh^ma twig, shoot, fr. kla^n to break off.] (Bot.) A genus of flowering plants, of many species, mostly climbers, having feathery styles, which greatly enlarge in the fruit; -- called also virgin's bower.

Clem"ence (?), n. Clemency. [Obs.] Spenser.

Clem"en*cy (?), n.; pl. Clemencies (#). [L. clementia, fr. clemens mild, calm.] 1. Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy.

Great clemency and tender zeal toward their subjects. Stowe.

They had applied for the royal clemency. Macaulay.

2. Mildness or softness of the elements; as, the clemency of the season.

Syn. -- Mildness; tenderness; indulgence; lenity; mercy; gentleness; compassion; kindness.

Clem"ent (?), a. [L. clemens; -entis; cf. F. cl&?;ment.] Mild in temper and disposition; merciful; compassionate. Shak.

-- Clem"ent*ly, adv.

Clem"ent*ine (?), a. Of or pertaining to Clement, esp. to St. Clement of Rome and the spurious homilies attributed to him, or to Pope Clement V. and his compilations of canon law.

Clench (?), n. & v. t. See Clinch.

Clepe (klēp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleped (klēp"&ebreve;d) or (klēpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Cleping. Cf. Ycleped.] [AS. clepan, cleopian, clipian, clypian, to cry, call.] To call, or name. [Obs.]

That other son was cleped Cambalo. Chaucer.

Clepe, v. i. To make appeal; to cry out. [Obs.]

Wandering in woe, and to the heavens on high Cleping for vengeance of this treachery. Mir. for Mag.

||Clep"si*ne (?), n. (Zo÷l.) A genus of fresh-water leeches, furnished with a proboscis. They feed upon mollusks and worms.

Clep"sy*dra (?; 277), n. [L. from Gr. &?;; &?; to steal, conceal + &?; water.] A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See Illust. in Appendix.

||Clep`to*ma"ni*a (?), n. [NL.] See Kleptomania.

Clere"sto`ry (klēr"stō`r&ybreve;), n. Same as Clearstory.

Cler"geon (kl&etilde;r"jŭn), n. [F., dim. of clerc. See Clerk.] A chorister boy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Cler"gi*al (?), a. Learned; erudite; clerical. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Cler"gi*cal (?), a. Of or pertaining to the clergy; clerical; clerkily; learned. [Obs.] Milton.

Cler"gy (?), n. [OE. clergie, clergi, clerge, OF. clergie, F. clergie (fr. clerc clerc, fr. L. clericus priest) confused with OF. clergiÚ, F. clergÚ, fr. LL. clericatus office of priest, monastic life, fr. L. clericus priest, LL. scholar, clerc. Both the Old French words meant clergy, in sense 1, the former having also sense 2. See Clerk.]

1. The body of men set apart, by due ordination, to the service of God, in the Christian church, in distinction from the laity; in England, usually restricted to the ministers of the Established Church. Hooker.

2. Learning; also, a learned profession. [Obs.]

Sophictry . . . rhetoric, and other cleargy. Guy of Warwick.

Put their second sons to learn some clergy. State Papers (1515).

3. The privilege or benefit of clergy.

If convicted of a clergyable felony, he is entitled equally to his clergy after as before conviction. Blackstone.

Benefit of clergy (Eng., Law), the exemption of the persons of clergymen from criminal process before a secular judge -- a privilege which was extended to all who could read, such persons being, in the eye of the law, clerici, or clerks. This privilege was abridged and modified by various statutes, and finally abolished in the reign of George IV. (1827). -- Regular clergy, Secular clergy See Regular, n., and Secular, a.

Cler"gy*a*ble (?), a. Entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy; as, a clergyable felony. Blackstone.

Cler"gy*man (?), n.; pl. Clergymen (#). An ordained minister; a man regularly authorized to preach the gospel, and administer its ordinances; in England usually restricted to a minister of the Established Church.

Cler"ic (?), n. [AS., fr. L. clericus. See Clerk.] A clerk, a clergyman. [R.] Bp. Horsley.

Cler"ic (?), a. Same as Clerical.

Cler"ic*al (?), a. [LL. clericalis. See Clerk.] 1. Of or pertaining to the clergy; suitable for the clergy. "A clerical education." Burke.

2. Of or relating to a clerk or copyist, or to writing. "Clerical work." E. Everett.

A clerical error, an error made in copying or writing.

Cler"ic*al*ism (?), n. An excessive devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order; undue influence of the clergy; sacerdotalism.

Cler*ic"i*ty (?), n. The state of being a clergyman.

Cler"i*sy (?), n. [LL. clericia. See Clergy.] 1. The literati, or well educated class.

2. The clergy, or their opinions, as opposed to the laity.

Clerk (kl&etilde;rk; in Eng. klńrk; 277), n. [Either OF. clerc, fr. L. clericus a priest, or AS. clerc, cleric, clerk, priest, fr. L. clericus, fr. Gr. klhriko`s belonging to the clergy, fr. klh^ros lot, allotment, clergy; cf. Deut. xviii. 2. Cf. Clergy.] 1. A clergyman or ecclesiastic. [Obs.]

All persons were styled clerks that served in the church of Christ. Ayliffe.

2. A man who could read; a scholar; a learned person; a man of letters. [Obs.] "Every one that could read . . . being accounted a clerk." Blackstone.

He was no great clerk, but he was perfectly well versed in the interests of Europe. Burke.

3. A parish officer, being a layman who leads in reading the responses of the Episcopal church service, and otherwise assists in it. [Eng.] Hook.

And like unlettered clerk still cry "Amen". Shak.

4. One employed to keep records or accounts; a scribe; an accountant; as, the clerk of a court; a town clerk.

The clerk of the crown . . . withdrew the bill. Strype.

&fist; In some cases, clerk is synonymous with secretary. A clerk is always an officer subordinate to a higher officer, board, corporation, or person; whereas a secretary may be either a subordinate or the head of an office or department.

5. An assistant in a shop or store. [U. S.]

Clerk"-ale` (? in Eng. &?;), n. A feast for the benefit of the parish clerk. [Eng.] T. Warton.

Clerk"less, a. Unlearned. [Obs.] E. Waterhouse.

Clerk"like` (?), a. Scholarlike. [Obs.] Shak.

Clerk"li*ness (?), n. Scholarship. [Obs.]

Clerk"ly, a. Of or pertaining to a clerk. Cranmer.

Clerk"ly, adv. In a scholarly manner. [Obs.] Shak.

Clerk"ship, n. State, quality, or business of a clerk.

Cler"o*man`cy (?), n. [Gr. &?; lot + -mancy; cf. F. clÚromancie.] A divination by throwing dice or casting lots.

Cle*ron"o*my (?), n. [Gr. &?; inheritance + &?; to possess.] Inheritance; heritage.

Cler"sto`ry (?), n. See Clearstory.

Clev"er (?), a. [Origin uncertain. Cf. OE. cliver eager, AS. clyfer (in comp.) cloven; or clifer a claw, perh. connected with E. cleave to divide, split, the meaning of E. clever perh. coming from the idea of grasping, seizing (with the mind).] 1. Possessing quickness of intellect, skill, dexterity, talent, or adroitness; expert.

Though there were many clever men in England during the latter half of the seventeenth century, there were only two great creative minds. Macaulay.

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever. C. Kingsley.

2. Showing skill or adroitness in the doer or former; as, a clever speech; a clever trick. Byron.

3. Having fitness, propriety, or suitableness.

"T would sound more clever To me and to my heirs forever. Swift.

4. Well-shaped; handsome. "The girl was a tight, clever wench as any was." Arbuthnot.

5. Good-natured; obliging. [U. S.]

Syn. -- See Smart.

Clev"er*ish (?), a. Somewhat clever. [R.]

Clev"er*ly, adv. In a clever manner.

Never was man so clever absurd. C. Smart.

Clev"er*ness, n. The quality of being clever; skill; dexterity; adroitness.

Syn. -- See Ingenuity.

Clev"is (?), n. [Cf. Cleave to adhere, Clavel.] A piece of metal bent in the form of an oxbow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of the tongue of a plow, wagen, etc., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, etc.; -- called also clavel, clevy.

{ Clew (klū), Clue, } n. [OE. clewe, clowe, clue, AS. cleowen, cliwen, clywe ball of thread; akin to D. kluwen, OHG. chliwa, chliuwa, G. dim. kleuel, knńuel, and perch. to L. gluma hull, husk, Skr. glaus sort of ball or tumor. Perch. akin to E. claw. √26. Cf. Knawel.] 1. A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.

Untwisting his deceitful clew. Spenser.

2. That which guides or directs one in anything of a doubtful or intricate nature; that which gives a hint in the solution of a mystery.

The clew, without which it was perilous to enter the vast and intricate maze of countinental politics, was in his hands. Macaulay.

3. (Naut.) (a.) A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner of a fore-and- aft sail. (b.) A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail. (c.) A combination of lines or nettles by which a hammock is suspended.

Clew garnet (Naut.), one of the ropes by which the clews of the courses of square-rigged vessels are drawn up to the lower yards. -- Clew line (Naut.), a rope by which a clew of one of the smaller square sails, as topsail, topgallant sail, or royal, is run up to its yard. -- Clew-line block (Naut.), The block through which a clew line reeves. See Illust. of Block.

Clew, v. t. [imp. & p. p. & vb. n. Clewing.] [Cf. D. kluwenen. See Clew, n.] 1. To direct; to guide, as by a thread. [Obs.]

Direct and clew me out the way to happiness. Beau. && Fl.

2. (Naut.) To move of draw (a sail or yard) by means of the clew garnets, clew lines, etc.; esp. to draw up the clews of a square sail to the yard.

To clew down (Naut.), to force (a yard) down by hauling on the clew lines. -- To clew up (Naut.), to draw (a sail) up to the yard, as for furling.

||Cli`chÚ" (?), n. [F. clichÚ, from clicher to stereotype.] A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament, or lettering, in relief.

ClichÚ casting, a mode of obtaining an impression from a die or woodcut, or the like, by striking it suddenly upon metal which has been fused and is just becoming solid; also, the casting so obtained.

Click (kl&ibreve;k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clicked (kl&ibreve;kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Clicking.] [Prob. an onomatopoetic word: cf. OF. cliquier. See Clack, and cf. Clink, Clique.] To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.

The varnished clock that clicked behind the door. Goldsmith.

Click, v. t. 1. To move with the sound of a click.

She clicked back the bolt which held the window sash. Thackeray.

2. To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something.

[Jove] clicked all his marble thumbs. Ben Jonson.

When merry milkmaids click the latch. Tennyson.

Click, n. 1. A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol.

2. A kind of articulation used by the natives of Southern Africa, consisting in a sudden withdrawal of the end or some other portion of the tongue from a part of the mouth with which it is in contact, whereby a sharp, clicking sound is produced. The sounds are four in number, and are called cerebral, palatal, dental, and lateral clicks or clucks, the latter being the noise ordinarily used in urging a horse forward.

Click, v. t. [OE. kleken, clichen. Cf. Clutch.] To snatch. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Click, n. [Cf. 4th Click, and OF. clique latch.] 1. A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel.

2. The latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.]

Click" bee"tle (?). (Zo÷l.) See Elater.

Click"er (?), n. 1. One who stands before a shop door to invite people to buy. [Low, Eng.]

2. (Print.) One who as has charge of the work of a companionship.

Click"et (?), n. [OF. cliquet the latch of a door. See 5th Click.] 1. The knocker of a door. [Prov. Eng.]

2. A latch key. [Eng.] Chaucer.

Click"y (?), a. Resembling a click; abounding in clicks. "Their strange clicky language." The Century.

||Cli*das"tes (?), n. [NL., prob. from Gr. klei`s key.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct marine reptiles, allied to the Mosasaurus. See Illust. in Appendix.

Cli"en*cy (?), n. State of being a client.

Cli"ent (?), n. [L. cliens, -emtis, for cluens, one who hears (in relation to his protector), a client, fr. L. cluere to be named or called; akin to Gr. &?; to hear, Skr. šry, and E. loud: cf. F. client. See Loud.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A citizen who put himself under the protection of a man of distinction and influence, who was called his patron.

2. A dependent; one under the protection of another.

I do think they are your friends and clients, And fearful to disturb you. B. Jonson.

3. (Law) One who consults a legal adviser, or submits his cause to his management.

Cli"ent*age (?), n. 1. State of being client.

2. A body of clients. E. Everett.

Cli*en"tal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a client.

A dependent and cliental relation. Burke.

I sat down in the cliental chair. Dickens.

Cli"ent*ed (?), a. Supplied with clients. [R.]

The least cliented pettifiggers. R. Carew.

Cli*en"te*lage (?), n. See Clientele, n., 2.

Cli`en*tele" (? or ?), n. [L. clientela: cf. F. clientŔle.] 1. The condition or position of a client; clientship. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

2. The clients or dependents of a nobleman of patron.

3. The persons who make habitual use of the services of another person; one's clients, collectively; as, the clientele of a lawyer, doctor, notary, etc.

Cli"ent*ship (?), n. Condition of a client; state of being under the protection of a patron. Dryden.

Cliff (kl&ibreve;f), n. [AS. clif, cloef; akin to OS. klif, D. klif, klip, Icel. klif, Dan. & G. klippe, Sw. klippa; perh. orig. a climbing place. See Climb.] A high, steep rock; a precipice.

Cliff swallow (Zo÷l.), a North American swallow (Petrochelidon lunifrons), which builds its nest against cliffs; the eaves swallow.

Cliff, n. (Mus.) See Clef. [Obs.]

Cliff" lime"stone` (?). (Geol.) A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west, presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed to be of one formation, but now known to be partly Silurian and partly Devonian.

Cliff"y (?), a. Having cliffs; broken; craggy.

Clift (?), n. [See 1st Cliff, n.] A cliff. [Obs.]

That gainst the craggy clifts did loudly roar. Spenser.

Clift, n. [See Cleft, n.] 1. A cleft of crack; a narrow opening. [Obs.]

2. The fork of the legs; the crotch. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Clift"ed, a. [From Clift a cleft.] Broken; fissured.

Climb the Ande&?; clifted side. Grainger.

Cli*mac"ter (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, prop., round of a ladder, fr. &?; ladder: cf. F. climactŔre. See Climax.] See Climacteric, n.

Cli*mac"ter*ic (? or ?; 277), a. [L. climactericus, Gr. &?;. See Climacter.] Relating to a climacteric; critical.

Cli*mac"ter*ic, n. 1. A period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place in the constitution. The critical periods are thought by some to be the years produced by multiplying 7 into the odd numbers 3, 5, 7, and 9; to which others add the 81st year.

2. Any critical period.

It is your lot, as it was mine, to live during one of the grand climacterics of the world. Southey.

Grand or Great climacteric, the sixty-third year of human life.

I should hardly yield my rigid fibers to be regenerated by them; nor begin, in my grand climacteric, to squall in their new accents, or to stammer, in my second cradle, the elemental sounds of their barbarous metaphysics. Burke.

Clim`ac*ter"ic*al (?), a. & n. See Climacteric. Evelyn.

Cli"ma*tal (?), a. Climatic. Dunglison.

Cli`ma*tar"chic (?), a. [Climate + Gr. &?; to rule.] Presiding over, or regulating, climates.

Cli"mate (?), n. [F. climat, L. clima, -atis, fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, slope, the supposed slope of the earth (from the equator toward the pole), hence a region or zone of the earth, fr. &?; to slope, incline, akin to E. lean, v. i. See Lean, v. i., and cf. Clime.] 1. (Anc. Geog.) One of thirty regions or zones, parallel to the equator, into which the surface of the earth from the equator to the pole was divided, according to the successive increase of the length of the midsummer day.

2. The condition of a place in relation to various phenomena of the atmosphere, as temperature, moisture, etc., especially as they affect animal or vegetable life.

Cli"mate, v. i. To dwell. [Poetic] Shak.

Cli*mat"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a climate; depending on, or limited by, a climate.

Cli*mat"ic*al (?), a. Climatic.

Cli"ma*tize (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Climatized (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Climatizing.] To acclimate or become acclimated.

Cli`ma*tog"ra*phy (?), n. [Climate + -graphy.] A description of climates.

Cli`ma*to*log"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to climatology.

Cli`ma*tol"o*gist (?), n. One versed in, or who studies, climatology.

Cli`ma*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Climate + -logy: cf. F. climatologie.] The science which treats of climates and investigates their phenomena and causes. Brande & C.

Cli"ma*ture (?; 135), n. [Cf. F. climature.] A climate. [Obs.] Shak.

Cli"max (?), n. [L., from Gr. &?; ladder, staircase, fr. &?; to make to bend, to lean. See Ladder, Lean, v. i.] 1. Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent. Glanvill.

2. (Rhet.) A figure in which the parts of a sentence or paragraph are so arranged that each succeeding one rises above its predecessor in impressiveness.

"Tribulation worketh patience, patience experience, and experience hope" -- a happy climax. J. D. Forbes.

3. The highest point; the greatest degree.

We must look higher for the climax of earthly good. I. Taylor.

To cap the climax, to surpass everything, as in excellence or in absurdity. [Colloq.]

Climb (klīm), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Climbed (klīmd), Obs. or Vulgar Clomb (kl&obreve;m); p. pr. & vb. n. Climbing.] [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. klīfa, and E. cleave to adhere.] 1. To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.

2. To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point.

Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day. Dryden.

3. (Bot.) To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface.

Climb, v. t. To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount.

Climb, n. The act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing. Warburton.

Climb"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being climbed.

Climb"er (?), n. One who, or that which, climbs: (a) (Bot.) A plant that climbs. (b) (Zo÷l.) A bird that climbs, as a woodpecker or a parrot.

Climb"er, v. i. [From Climb; cf. Clamber.] To climb; to mount with effort; to clamber. [Obs.] Tusser.

Climb"ing, p. pr. & vb. n. of Climb.

Climbing fern. See under Fern. -- Climbing perch. (Zo÷l.) See Anabas, and Labyrinthici.

Clime (?), n. [L. clima. See Climate.] A climate; a tract or region of the earth. See Climate.

Turn we to sutvey, Where rougher climes a nobler race display. Goldsmith.

||Cli*nan"thi*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; bed + &?; flower.] (Bot.) The receptacle of the flowers in a composite plant; -- also called clinium.

Clinch (kl&ibreve;nch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clinched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clinching.] [OE. clenchen, prop. causative of clink to cause to clink, to strike; cf. D. klinken to tinkle, rivet. See Clink.] 1. To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly. "Clinch the pointed spear." Dryden.

2. To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first. Swift.

3. To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail.

4. To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument. South.

Clinch, v. i. To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.

Clinch (kl&ibreve;nch), n. 1. The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to secure anything by a clinch.

2. A pun. Pope.

3. (Naut.) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.

Clinch"er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, clinches; that which holds fast. Pope.

2. That which ends a dispute or controversy; a decisive argument.

Clinch"er-built (?), a. See Clinker-built.

Cling (kl&ibreve;ng), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clung (klŭng), Clong (kl&obreve;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.

Cling, v. t. 1. To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing. [Obs.]

I clung legs as close to his side as I could. Swift.

2. To make to dry up or wither. [Obs.]

If thou speak'st false, Upon the next tree shalt thou hang alive, Till famine cling thee. Shak.

Cling, n. Adherence; attachment; devotion. [R.]

A more tenacious cling to worldly respects. Milton.

Cling"stone` (?), a. Having the flesh attached closely to the stone, as in some kinds of peaches. -- n. A fruit, as a peach, whose flesh adheres to the stone.

Cling"y (?), a. Apt to cling; adhesive. [R.]