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[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.]


Clin"ic (?), n. [See
Clinical.] 1. One confined to the bed
by sickness.


2. (Eccl.) One who receives
baptism on a sick bed.
[Obs.] Hook.


3. (Med.) A school, or a session
of a school or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by
the examination and treatment of patients in the presence of the
pupils.


{ Clin"ic*al (kl&ibreve;n"&ibreve;k*al),
Clin"ic (kl&ibreve;n"&ibreve;k) }, a.


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