to-clinging

Updated: January 9, 2026

In the rear, the precipice is broken and intermixed with earth, which gives nourishment not only to-clinging and twining shrubs, but to trees, that gripe the rock with their naked roots, and seem to struggle hard for footing and for soil enough to live upon.

Nathaniel Hawthorne - Footprints on the Sea-Shore (From "Twice Told Tales")