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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.Definition 2025
hanging
hanging
English
Verb
hanging
- present participle of hang
Adjective
hanging (not comparable)
- Suspended.
- The hanging vines made the house look older than it was.
- (chess, of a piece) Unprotected and exposed to capture.
- (baseball, slang, of an off-speed pitch) Hittable; poorly executed by the pitcher hence relatively easy to hit.
- hanging breaking ball
- hanging slider
Derived terms
- hanging basket
- hanging garden
- hanging loop
- hanging participle
Translations
suspended
Noun
hanging (countable and uncountable, plural hangings)
- (uncountable) The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to execute that person (or to commit suicide).
- 1728, Otway, Thomas, “The Atheist, or, the Second Part of the Solider's Fortune”, in The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway, volume 2, London, page 37:
- No, Sir, 'tis fear of Hanging. Who would not ſteal, or do Murder, every time his Fingers itch'd at it, were it not for fear of the Gallows?
- Hanging is the punishment for one convicted of war crimes, there.
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- (countable) A public event at which a person is hanged.
- The hanging of the bandits was attended by the whole village.
- (countable) Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins or posters).
- The various hangings on that Christmas tree look nice.
- (uncountable) The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.
- I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.
Synonyms
- (execution): a quick drop and a sudden stop, Abraham's balsam, hempen elixir
Derived terms
Translations
means of execution
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public event at which a person is hanged
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anything wide, high and thin that is hung
way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged