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<blockquote>Life <b>hangs</b> upon me, and becomes a burden. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To hover; to impend; to appear threateningly; -- usually with <i>over</i>; <as>as, evils <ex>hang</ex> over the country</as>.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To lean or incline; to incline downward.</def>

<blockquote>To decide which way <b>hung</b> the victory. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>His neck obliquely o'er his shoulder <b>hung</b>. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>To slope down; <as>as, <ex>hanging</ex> grounds</as>.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>To be undetermined or uncertain; to be in suspense; to linger; to be delayed.</def>

<blockquote>A noble stroke he lifted high, Which <b>hung</b> not, but so swift with tempest fell On the proud crest of Satan. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To hang around</col>, <cd>to loiter idly about.</cd> -- <col>To hang back</col>, <cd>to hesitate; to falter; to be reluctant. "If any one among you <i>hangs back<i>." <i>Jowett (Thucyd.)</i>.</cd> -- <col>To hang by the eyelids</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To hang by a very slight hold or tenure.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To be in an unfinished condition; to be left incomplete.</cd> -- <col>To hang in doubt</col>, <cd>to be in suspense.</cd> -- <col>To hang on</col><cd> (with the emphasis on the preposition), to keep hold; to hold fast; to stick; to be persistent, as a disease.</cd> -- <mcol><col>To hang on the lips</col>, <col>words, etc</col></mcol>., <cd>to be charmed by eloquence.</cd> -- <mcol><col>To hang out</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To be hung out so as to be displayed; to project.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To be unyielding; as, the juryman <i>hangs out</i> against an agreement. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><-- =hold out?--> (c) to lounge around a particular place; as, teenageers tend to <i>hang out</i> at the mall these days--> -- <col>To hang over</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To project at the top.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To impend over.</cd> -- <col>To hang to</col>, <cd>to cling.</cd> -- <col>To hang together</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To remain united; to stand by one another.</cd> "We are all of a piece; we <i>hang together</i>." <i>Dryden</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To be self-consistent; as, the story does not <i>hang together</i>. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>To hang upon</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To regard with passionate affection.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <cd>To hover around; as, <i>to hang upon<i> the flanks of a retreating enemy.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hang</h1> <Xpage=668>

<hw>Hang</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The manner in which one part or thing hangs upon, or is connected with, another; <as>as, the <ex>hang</ex> of a scythe</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Connection; arrangement; plan; <as>as, the <ex>hang</ex> of a discourse</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

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<p><b>3.</b> <def>A sharp or steep declivity or slope.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<cs><col>To get the hang of</col>, <cd>to learn the method or arrangement of; hence, to become accustomed to. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Hangbird</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Hang"bird`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l)</fld> <def>The Baltimore oriole (<spn>Icterus galbula</spn>); -- so called because its nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. See <er>Baltimore oriole</er>.</def>

<h1>Hang-by</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Hang"-by`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Hang-bies</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A dependent; a hanger-on; -- so called in contempt.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Hagdog</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Hag"dog`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.</def>

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<hw>Hang"dog`</hw><def>, Low; sneaking; ashamed.</def>

<blockquote>The poor colonel went out of the room with a <b>hangdog</b> look. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hanger</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Hang"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That by which a thing is suspended</def>. Especially: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs</def>. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Countershaft</er>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A bridle iron</def>.</def><-- (d) clothes hanger -->