Cling

kling, v.i. to adhere or stick close by winding round: to adhere in interest or affection: to remain by an opinion: of wood, to shrink.— v.t. to attach: to shrivel:— pa.t. and pa.p. clung.— n. adherence.— adjs. Cling′stone , having the pulp adhering firmly to the stone (of peaches)—opp. to Freestone ; Cling′y , sticky. [A.S. cling an , to shrivel up, to draw together.]