Part 5304

<blockquote>The gate self-opened wide, On golden <b>hinges</b> turning. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle; a cardinal point or rule; <as>as, this argument was the <ex>hinge</ex> on which the question turned</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>When the moon is in the <b>hinge</b> at East. <i>Creech.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Nor slept the winds . . . but rushed abroad. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Hinge joint</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Ginglymus</er>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <cd>Any joint resembling a hinge, by which two pieces are connected so as to permit relative turning in one plane.</cd> -- <col>To be off the hinges</col>, <cd>to be in a state of disorder or irregularity; to have lost proper adjustment.</cd></cs>

<i>Tillotson.</i>

<h1>Hinge</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hinge</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hinged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hinging</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To bend.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Hinge</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hinge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To stand, depend, hang, or turn, as on a hinge; to depend chiefly for a result or decision or for force and validity; -- usually with <i>on</i> or <i>upon</i>; <as>as, the argument <ex>hinges</ex> on this point</as>.</def>

<i>I. Taylor</i>

<h1>Hinged</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hinged</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Furnished with hinges.</def>

<h1>Hingeless</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hinge"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without a hinge or joint.</def>

<h1>Hink</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hink</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A reaping hook.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Hinniate, Hinny</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw><hw>Hin"ni*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hin"ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw> <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hinnire</ets>.]</ety> <def>To neigh; to whinny.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Hinny</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hin"ny</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Hinnies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>hinnus</ets>, cf. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>A hybrid between a stallion and an ass.</def>

<h1>Hinny</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hin"ny</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A term of endearment; darling; -- corrupted from <i>honey</i>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Wright.</i>