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Webster 1913 Edition

Hinge

Hinge

,
Noun.
[OE.
henge
,
heeng
; akin to D.
heng
, LG.
henge
, Prov. E.
hingle
a small hinge; connected with
hang
, v., and Icel.
hengja
to hang. See
Hang
.]
1.
The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on.
The gate self-opened wide,
On golden
hinges
turning.
Milton.
2.
That on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle; a cardinal point or rule;
as, this argument was the
hinge
on which the question turned
.
3.
One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south.
[R.]
When the moon is in the
hinge
at East.
Creech.
Nor slept the winds . . . but rushed abroad.
Milton.
Hinge joint
.
(a)
(Anat.)
See
Ginglymus
.
(b)
(Mech.)
Any joint resembling a hinge, by which two pieces are connected so as to permit relative turning in one plane.
–
To be off the hinges
,
to be in a state of disorder or irregularity; to have lost proper adjustment.
Tillotson.

Hinge

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hinged
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hinging
.]
1.
To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.
2.
To bend.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Hinge

,
Verb.
I.
To stand, depend, hang, or turn, as on a hinge; to depend chiefly for a result or decision or for force and validity; – usually with on or upon;
as, the argument
hinges
on this point
.
I. Taylor

Webster 1828 Edition

Hinge

HINGE

,
Noun.
hinj. [This word appears to be connected with hang,and with angle,the verb.]
1. The hook or joint on which a door or gate turns.
The gate self-opened wide
On golden hinges turning.
2.
That on which any thing depends or turns; a governing principle, rule or point. This argument was the hinge on which the question turned.
3.
A cardinal point; as east, west, north or south. [Little used.]
To be off the hinges, is to be in a state of disorder or irregularity.

HINGE

,
Verb.
T.
To furnish with hinges.
1.
To bend. [Little used.]

HINGE

,
Verb.
I.
To stand, depend or turn, as on a hinge. The question hinges on this single point.

Definition 2024

hingê

hingê

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Kurdish

Adverb

hingê

  1. then (at that time)


This Kurdish entry was created from the translations listed at then. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see hingê in the Kurdish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) January 2008

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