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- English Word Hang Definition To hover; to impend; to appear threateningly; -- usually with over; as, evils hang over the country.
- English Word Hang Definition To lean or incline; to incline downward.
- English Word Hang Definition To slope down; as, hanging grounds.
- English Word Hang Definition To be undetermined or uncertain; to be in suspense; to linger; to be delayed.
- English Word Hang Definition The manner in which one part or thing hangs upon, or is connected with, another; as, the hang of a scythe.
- English Word Hang Definition Connection; arrangement; plan; as, the hang of a discourse.
- English Word Hang Definition A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
- English Word Hang-bies Definition of Hang-by
- English Word Hang-by Definition A dependent; a hanger-on; -- so called in contempt.
- English Word Hangbird Definition The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula); -- so called because its nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. See Baltimore oriole.
- English Word Hangdog Definition A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.
- English Word Hangdog Definition Low; sneaking; ashamed.
- English Word Hanged Definition of Hang
- English Word Hanger Definition One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.
- English Word Hanger Definition That by which a thing is suspended.
- English Word Hanger Definition A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
- English Word Hanger Definition A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft.
- English Word Hanger Definition A bridle iron.
- English Word Hanger Definition That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.
- English Word Hanger Definition A steep, wooded declivity.
- English Word Hanger-on Definition One who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service; a dependent; one who adheres to others' society longer than he is wanted.
- English Word Hangers-on Definition of Hanger-on
- English Word Hanging Definition of Hang
- English Word Hanging Definition Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter.
- English Word Hanging Definition Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.
- English Word Hanging Definition Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges.
- English Word Hanging Definition The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.
- English Word Hanging Definition Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
- English Word Hanging Definition 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.
- English Word Hangman Definition One who hangs another; esp., one who makes a business of hanging; a public executioner; -- sometimes used as a term of reproach, without reference to office.