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
Cling, n.
Defn: Adherence; attachment; devotion. [R.]
A more tenacious cling to worldly respects. Milton.
CLINGSTONE
Cling"stone`, a.
Defn: Having the flesh attached closely to the stone, as in some kinds of peaches. — n.
Defn: A fruit, as a peach, whose flesh adheres to the stone.
CLINGY
Cling"y, a.
Defn: Apt to cling; adhesive. [R.]
CLINIC
Clin"ic, n. Etym: [See Clinical.]
1. One confined to the bed by sickness.