closed up, or stopped; spoken of hens that do not lay, and commonly used for any thing that is shrivelled or shrunk ; from CLING. N. In Norfolk it means soft, flabby, relaxed.
·- imp. & ·p.p. of Cling. II. Clung ·vi Wasted away; shrunken. III. Clung ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Cling...
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