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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
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 turned3.
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 pointI. Taylor
Webster 1828 Edition
Hinge
HINGE
,Noun.
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.
1.
To bend. [Little used.]HINGE
,Verb.
I.