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Webster 1913 Edition
Hanging
Hang′ing
,Adj.
1.
Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter.
“What a hanging face!” Dryden.
2.
Suspended from above; pendent;
as,
. hanging
shelves3.
Adapted for sustaining a hanging object;
as, the
. hanging
post of a gate, the post which holds the hingesHanging compass
, a compass suspended so that the card may be read from beneath.
– Hanging garden
, a garden sustained at an artificial elevation by any means, as by the terraces at Babylon.
– Hanging indentation
. See under
– Indentation
. Hanging rail
(Arch.)
, that rail of a door or casement to which hinges are attached.
– Hanging side
(Mining)
, the overhanging side of an inclined or hading vein.
– Hanging sleeves
. (a)
Strips of the same stuff as the gown, hanging down the back from the shoulders.
(b)
Loose, flowing sleeves.
– Hanging stile
. (Arch.)
(a)
That stile of a door to which hinges are secured.
(b)
That upright of a window frame to which casements are hinged, or in which the pulleys for sash windows are fastened.
– Hanging wall
(Mining)
, the upper wall of inclined vein, or that which hangs over the miner’s head when working in the vein.
Hang′ing
,Noun.
1.
The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.
2.
Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
3.
That which is hung as lining or drapery for the walls of a room, as tapestry, paper, etc., or to cover or drape a door or window; – used chiefly in the plural.
Now purple
hangings
clothe the palace walls. Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hanging
HANG'ING
,ppr.
1.
Being suspended; dangling; swinging.2.
Foreboding death by the halter. What a hanging face!
3.
Requiring punishment by the halter; as a hanging matter.HANG'ING
,Noun.
No purple hangings clothe the palace walls.
1.
Death by the halter; as hard words or hanging.2.
Display; exhibition.