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Definition of Clung
1. a. Wasted away; shrunken.
Definition of Clung
1. Verb. (simple past of cling) ¹
2. Verb. (past participle of cling) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clung
1. cling [v] - See also: cling
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clung
Literary usage of Clung
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1910)
"He does not allege that Hackett put him in possession of more land than was sold
to him; nor does it appear that M'clung put him in possession of any land ..."
2. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"Each straggling felon down was hewed, Not one could gain the sheltering wood;
But forth the affrighted harper sprung, And to Matilda's robe he clung. ..."
3. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1868)
"Be that as it may, the Prince still clung sign 'of e to his design of withholding
from Sebastopol the sue- cours required for defending it. cour. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Similes by Frank Jenners Wilstach (1916)
"clung like a drowning man. — IBID. Clings like the wicked stench of the harlot's
room. ... clung to the merry music of her words, like a bird on a bough, ..."
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