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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.