clungadj.

Brit.

/klʌŋ/, U.S.

/kləŋ/

Forms: Also Middle English clong(e, 1500s clounge.

Etymology: < cling v.¹

archaic and dialect.

Categories »

1. Congealed, congested, stiffened: see cling v.¹

a. Drawn together, shrunk, or shrivelled, by the action of heat, cold, hunger, thirst, disease, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > relating to contraction > into wrinkles > contracted into wrinkles

clungc1325

clinkery1398

hirpleda1400

clunged1495

wrinkled?1523

shrivelled1565

rivelled1601

puckered1606

rivelled1627

shrimped1638

truss1674

pursed1676

wizened1728

weazen1765

wizen1786

nirled1808

beshrivelled1821

weazened1842

weazeny1864

concertinaed1880

swivelled1898

scrunty1947

c1325 Coer de L. 1385 Off tymber grete schydys clong.

c1325 Metr. Hom. 88 Pal and clungen was his chek.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4581 Þai [sc. ears of grain] war so clungun, dri, and tome.

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 319 When thaire huske is drie and clonge.

1691 J. Ray N. Country Words Clung, closed up, or stopped, spoken of Hens when they lay not; it is usually said of any thing that is shrivelled or shrunk up.

1814 Monthly Mag. 38 437 The features, tho' clung, were of exquisite touch.

b. Hide-bound.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle > [adjective] > hidebound

clung1559

hidebound1559

clunged1611

1559 T. Cooper Thesaurus Coriago, the sickenesse of cattall when they are clounge, that their skynnes dooe cleve fast to their bodies, hyde bounde.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie H 407 Hidebound or a sickenesse of cattell being called clung.

3. Pinched with hunger, starving; clemmed adj. at clem v.¹ Derivatives.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [adjective] > hungry > starving or starved

hungryc950

ofhungeredOE

hungeredc1425

famylousc1475

forhungered1481

hunger-starvena1533

starven1546

hunger-bit1549

hunger-bitten1549

affamished1554

starved1563

starving1581

gaunted1582

famishing1587

food-sick1587

hunger-starving1592

famined1622

gut-foundered1647

hunger-starved1647

starved-gut1653

half-starved1667

clemmed1674

nushed1691

pinch-gutted1704

starve-gutted1726

clemming1773

clung1807

1807 R. Tannahill Kebbuckston in Poet. Wks. (1846) 138 The de'il fill his kyte wha gaes clung frae the meeting.

1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. iii. 131 Clung and famished, the poor brute could no longer resist the temptation, but, making a desperate snatch at the joint, bolted through the front door with it.

4. Clinging, stiff, tenacious; esp. of soil; of the nature of heavy clay.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > clayey

clayey1024

clunga1398

clayish1570

cledgy1577

clungy1670

tilly1799

aluminous1841

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. xix. 836 Þe kynde þerof [sc. gluwe]..holdeþ so fast and so is yclonge [1495 de Worde clonge] þat it is nought ybroke wiþ water ne wiþ iren.

1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. x. 24 Crust-clung and Soale-bound soyles.

1744 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Jan. iv. 46 When their black Earth works very clung and heavy, they seldom fail of having great Crops.

1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Clung, stiff, tenacious, sticky.

1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. (at cited word) There's ten acres on it is clung; it can't be clunger.

a. Improperly tough, whether through drought, or through damp.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > strength > [adjective] > tough

tougha700

sinewy1578

wiry1588

gristly1601

nervous1601

tenax1605

tenacious1607

clunga1722

whipcord1879

whinstone1910

a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 208 The chaff of the chesses is clung, and wants to be mellowed in order to make it thresh the better.

1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words Clung, hard, as wool when it has become dry and tough.

b. Damp and tough.

ΚΠ

1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. (at cited word) The mown grass is spoken of as very clung after having been exposed to wet chilly weather, so that it has not hayed satisfactorily.

1876 G. L. Gower Surrey Provincialisms (English Dialect Society no.12. Series C: Original glossaries) Clung, cold, damp; but expressed perhaps by clammy.

6. Out of temper, sullen.

ΚΠ

1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Clung..sullen, morose.

1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Clung, withered, dull; out of temper.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† clungv.

Etymology: Variant of cling v.¹

Obsolete.

intransitive. = cling v.¹

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > be thick enough to retain form [verb (intransitive)] > cohere

clingOE

clitchc1400

clutchc1425

coagmentate1578

congeal1584

clung1601

cohere1616

conglutinatea1625

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > be or become attached or affixed [verb (intransitive)] > remain attached > adhere

cleavec897

to stick (cleave, cling, etc.) like a burc1330

sita1398

clinga1400

clengec1400

engleim?1440

adhere1557

clag1563

clasp1569

clencha1600

clung1601

clam1610

yclingec1620

affix1695

clinch1793

to stick (to one) like wax1809

cleam-

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 586 The hard yron..is willing to be drawne by the load stone..it claspeth and clungeth to it.

1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 123 If it..be suffred to accrue & clung together.

1647 H. More Philos. Poems iii. iii. xliii These near will to her clung.

1708–15 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum To clung, to dry as Wood does, when laid up after it is cut.

Derivatives

clunging adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > [adjective] > attached by something adhesive > apt or tending to adhere

adherent?1541

stickingc1550

adhering1592

clasping1611

cleaving1641

clunging1647

tenacious1656

adhesive1663

clinginga1763

1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. App. xcii Heavy clunging mists.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	clung
释义	clungadj. Brit. /klʌŋ/, U.S. /kləŋ/ Forms: Also Middle English clong(e, 1500s clounge. Etymology: < cling v.¹ archaic and dialect. Categories » 1. Congealed, congested, stiffened: see cling v.¹ 2. a. Drawn together, shrunk, or shrivelled, by the action of heat, cold, hunger, thirst, disease, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > relating to contraction > into wrinkles > contracted into wrinkles clungc1325 clinkery1398 hirpleda1400 clunged1495 wrinkled?1523 shrivelled1565 rivelled1601 puckered1606 rivelled1627 shrimped1638 truss1674 pursed1676 wizened1728 weazen1765 wizen1786 nirled1808 beshrivelled1821 weazened1842 weazeny1864 concertinaed1880 swivelled1898 scrunty1947 c1325 Coer de L. 1385 Off tymber grete schydys clong. c1325 Metr. Hom. 88 Pal and clungen was his chek. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4581 Þai [sc. ears of grain] war so clungun, dri, and tome. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 319 When thaire huske is drie and clonge. 1691 J. Ray N. Country Words Clung, closed up, or stopped, spoken of Hens when they lay not; it is usually said of any thing that is shrivelled or shrunk up. 1814 Monthly Mag. 38 437 The features, tho' clung, were of exquisite touch. b. Hide-bound. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle > [adjective] > hidebound clung1559 hidebound1559 clunged1611 1559 T. Cooper Thesaurus Coriago, the sickenesse of cattall when they are clounge, that their skynnes dooe cleve fast to their bodies, hyde bounde. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie H 407 Hidebound or a sickenesse of cattell being called clung. 3. Pinched with hunger, starving; clemmed adj. at clem v.¹ Derivatives. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [adjective] > hungry > starving or starved hungryc950 ofhungeredOE hungeredc1425 famylousc1475 forhungered1481 hunger-starvena1533 starven1546 hunger-bit1549 hunger-bitten1549 affamished1554 starved1563 starving1581 gaunted1582 famishing1587 food-sick1587 hunger-starving1592 famined1622 gut-foundered1647 hunger-starved1647 starved-gut1653 half-starved1667 clemmed1674 nushed1691 pinch-gutted1704 starve-gutted1726 clemming1773 clung1807 1807 R. Tannahill Kebbuckston in Poet. Wks. (1846) 138 The de'il fill his kyte wha gaes clung frae the meeting. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. iii. 131 Clung and famished, the poor brute could no longer resist the temptation, but, making a desperate snatch at the joint, bolted through the front door with it. 4. Clinging, stiff, tenacious; esp. of soil; of the nature of heavy clay. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > clayey clayey1024 clunga1398 clayish1570 cledgy1577 clungy1670 tilly1799 aluminous1841 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. xix. 836 Þe kynde þerof [sc. gluwe]..holdeþ so fast and so is yclonge [1495 de Worde clonge] þat it is nought ybroke wiþ water ne wiþ iren. 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. x. 24 Crust-clung and Soale-bound soyles. 1744 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Jan. iv. 46 When their black Earth works very clung and heavy, they seldom fail of having great Crops. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Clung, stiff, tenacious, sticky. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. (at cited word) There's ten acres on it is clung; it can't be clunger. 5. a. Improperly tough, whether through drought, or through damp. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > strength > [adjective] > tough tougha700 sinewy1578 wiry1588 gristly1601 nervous1601 tenax1605 tenacious1607 clunga1722 whipcord1879 whinstone1910 a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 208 The chaff of the chesses is clung, and wants to be mellowed in order to make it thresh the better. 1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words Clung, hard, as wool when it has become dry and tough. b. Damp and tough. ΚΠ 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. (at cited word) The mown grass is spoken of as very clung after having been exposed to wet chilly weather, so that it has not hayed satisfactorily. 1876 G. L. Gower Surrey Provincialisms (English Dialect Society no.12. Series C: Original glossaries) Clung, cold, damp; but expressed perhaps by clammy. 6. Out of temper, sullen. ΚΠ 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Clung..sullen, morose. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Clung, withered, dull; out of temper. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † clungv. Etymology: Variant of cling v.¹ Obsolete. intransitive. = cling v.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > be thick enough to retain form [verb (intransitive)] > cohere clingOE clitchc1400 clutchc1425 coagmentate1578 congeal1584 clung1601 cohere1616 conglutinatea1625 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > be or become attached or affixed [verb (intransitive)] > remain attached > adhere cleavec897 to stick (cleave, cling, etc.) like a burc1330 sita1398 clinga1400 clengec1400 engleim?1440 adhere1557 clag1563 clasp1569 clencha1600 clung1601 clam1610 yclingec1620 affix1695 clinch1793 to stick (to one) like wax1809 cleam- 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 586 The hard yron..is willing to be drawne by the load stone..it claspeth and clungeth to it. 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 123 If it..be suffred to accrue & clung together. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems iii. iii. xliii These near will to her clung. 1708–15 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum To clung, to dry as Wood does, when laid up after it is cut. Derivatives clunging adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > [adjective] > attached by something adhesive > apt or tending to adhere adherent?1541 stickingc1550 adhering1592 clasping1611 cleaving1641 clunging1647 tenacious1656 adhesive1663 clinginga1763 1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. App. xcii Heavy clunging mists. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.c1325v.1601
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