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<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A steep, wooded declivity.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<i>Gilbert White.</i>

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

<hw>Hang"er-on`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Hangers-on</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>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.</def>

<i>Goldsmith.</i>

<h1>Hanging</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Hang"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter.</def> "What a <i>hanging</i> face!"

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Suspended from above; pendent; <as>as, <ex>hanging</ex> shelves</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; <as>as, the <ex>hanging</ex> post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Hanging compass</col>, <cd>a compass suspended so that the card may be read from beneath.</cd> -- <col>Hanging garden</col>, <cd>a garden sustained at an artificial elevation by any means, as by the terraces at Babylon.</cd> -- <col>Hanging indentation</col>. <cd>See under <er>Indentation</er>.</cd> -- <col>Hanging rail</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>that rail of a door or casement to which hinges are attached.</cd> -- <col>Hanging side</col> <fld>(Mining)</fld>, <cd>the overhanging side of an inclined or hading vein.</cd> -- <col>Hanging sleeves</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Strips of the same stuff as the gown, hanging down the back from the shoulders.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Loose, flowing sleeves.</cd> -- <col>Hanging stile</col>. <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>That stile of a door to which hinges are secured.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>That upright of a window frame to which casements are hinged, or in which the pulleys for sash windows are fastened.</cd> -- <col>Hanging wall</col> <fld>(Mining)</fld>, <cd>the upper wall of inclined vein, or that which hangs over the miner's head when working in the vein.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hanging</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Hang"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Death by suspension; execution by a halter.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Nor purple <b>hangings</b> clothe the palace walls. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hangman</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Hang"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Hangmen</plw>(<?/).</plu> <def>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.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Hangmanship</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Hang"man*ship</hw>, <tt>n..</tt> <def>The office or character of a hangman.</def>

<h1>Hangnail</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Hang"nail`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A corruption of <ets>agnail</ets>.]</ety> <def>A small piece or silver of skin which hangs loose, near the root of finger nail.</def>

<i>Holloway.</i>

<h1>Hangnest</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Hang"nest`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A nest that hangs like a bag or pocket.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A bird which builds such a nest; a hangbird.</def>