Hanging

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hanging \Hang"ing\, a.
     1. Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter.
        "What a hanging face!" --Dryden.
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     2. Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.


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     3. Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging
        post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges.
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     {Hanging compass}, a compass suspended so that the card may
        be read from beneath.
  
     {Hanging garden}, a garden sustained at an artificial
        elevation by any means, as by the terraces at Babylon.
  
     {Hanging indentation}. See under {Indentation}.
  
     {Hanging rail} (Arch.), that rail of a door or casement to
        which hinges are attached.
  
     {Hanging side} (Mining), the overhanging side of an inclined
        or hading vein.
  
     {Hanging sleeves}.
        (a) Strips of the same stuff as the gown, hanging down the
            back from the shoulders.
        (b) Loose, flowing sleeves.
  
     {Hanging stile}. (Arch.)
        (a) That stile of a door to which hinges are secured.
        (b) That upright of a window frame to which casements are
            hinged, or in which the pulleys for sash windows are
            fastened.
  
     {Hanging wall} (Mining), the upper wall of inclined vein, or
        that which hangs over the miner's head when working in the
        vein.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hanging \Hang"ing\, n.
     1. The act of suspending anything; the state of being
        suspended.
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     2. Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
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     3. 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.
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              Now purple hangings clothe the palace walls.
                                                    --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hang \Hang\ (h[a^]ng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hanged} (h[a^]ngd)
     or {Hung} (h[u^]ng); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hanging}.
  
     Usage: The use of hanged is preferable to that of hung, when
            reference is had to death or execution by suspension,
            and it is also more common.] [OE. hangen, hongien, v.
            t. & i., AS. hangian, v. i., fr. h[=o]n, v. t. (imp.
            heng, p. p. hongen); akin to OS. hang[=o]n, v. i., D.
            hangen, v. t. & i., G. hangen, v. i, h[aum]ngen, v.
            t., Icel. hanga, v. i., Goth. h[=a]han, v. t. (imp.
            ha['i]hah), h[=a]han, v. i. (imp. hahaida), and perh.
            to L. cunctari to delay. [root]37. ]
     1. To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without
        support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to
        hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sign; to hang out a
        banner.
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     2. To fasten in a manner which will allow of free motion upon
        the point or points of suspension; -- said of a pendulum,
        a swing, a door, gate, etc.
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     3. To fit properly, as at a proper angle (a part of an
        implement that is swung in using), as a scythe to its
        snath, or an ax to its helve. [U. S.]
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     4. To put to death by suspending by the neck; -- a form of
        capital punishment; as, to hang a murderer.
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     5. To cover, decorate, or furnish by hanging pictures,
        trophies, drapery, and the like, or by covering with paper
        hangings; -- said of a wall, a room, etc.
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              Hung be the heavens with black.       --Shak.
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              And hung thy holy roofs with savage spoils.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     6. To paste, as paper hangings, on the walls of a room.
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     7. To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or
        position instead of erect; to droop; as, he hung his head
        in shame.
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              Cowslips wan that hang the pensive head. --Milton.
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     8. To prevent from reaching a decision, esp. by refusing to
        join in a verdict that must be unanimous; as, one
        obstinate juror can hang a jury.
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     {To hang down}, to let fall below the proper position; to
        bend down; to decline; as, to hang down the head, or,
        elliptically, to hang the head.
  
     {To hang fire} (Mil.), to be slow in communicating fire
        through the vent to the charge; as, the gun hangs fire;
        hence, to hesitate, to hold back as if in suspense.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hanging
       n 1: decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a
            window; "the cold castle walls were covered with
            hangings" [syn: {wall hanging}]
       2: a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the
          neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead; "in those days
          the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"
       3: the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it
          moves freely); "there was a small ceremony for the hanging
          of the portrait" [syn: {suspension}, {dangling}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  147 Moby Thesaurus words for "hanging":
     act drop, asbestos, asbestos board, backdrop, bagging, baggy,
     batten, beheading, blanket, border, burning, capital punishment,
     cascading, cloak, cloth, coat, coulisse, counterweight, cover,
     coverage, covering, covert, coverture, cowl, cowling, crucifixion,
     curtain, curtain board, cyclorama, danglement, dangling,
     decapitation, decline, declivity, decollation, decor,
     defenestration, dependence, dependency, dependent, depending,
     descent, dip, downcast, downgate, downgrade, downhanging, downhill,
     downturned, drape, drapery, drooping, drop, drop curtain, ear lobe,
     easy, electrocution, execution, fall, falling, falling loosely,
     falling-off, fire curtain, flapping, flat, flipper, flowing,
     fusillade, garrote, gassing, guise, hang, hanger, hemlock, hood,
     housing, hung, judicial murder, lapidation, lappet, lax, lobation,
     lobe, lobule, loose, mantle, mask, necktie party, pall, pendant,
     pendency, pendent, pending, pendulant, pendular, penduline,
     pendulosity, pendulous, pendulousness, pensile, pensileness,
     pensility, poisoning, rag, relaxed, rickety, scene, scenery,
     screen, shaky, shelter, shield, shooting, shroud, side scene,
     slack, sloppy, stage screw, stoning, strangling, strangulation,
     streaming, suspended, suspense, suspension, swinging, tab, tableau,
     teaser, the ax, the block, the chair, the gallows, the gas chamber,
     the guillotine, the hot seat, the rope, tormentor, transformation,
     transformation scene, uvula, veil, vestment, weeping, wing,
     wingcut, woodcut
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Hanging
     (as a punishment), a mark of infamy inflicted on the dead bodies
     of criminals (Deut. 21:23) rather than our modern mode of
     punishment. Criminals were first strangled and then hanged (Nu.
     25:4; Deut. 21:22). (See 2 Sam. 21:6 for the practice of the
     Gibeonites.)
     
       Hanging (as a curtain). (1.) Heb. masak, (a) before the
     entrance to the court of the tabernacle (Ex. 35:17); (b) before
     the door of the tabernacle (26:36, 37); (c) before the entrance
     to the most holy place, called "the veil of the covering"
     (35:12; 39:34), as the word properly means.
     
       (2.) Heb. kelaim, tapestry covering the walls of the
     tabernacle (Ex. 27:9; 35:17; Num. 3:26) to the half of the
     height of the wall (Ex. 27:18; comp. 26:16). These hangings were
     fastened to pillars.
     
       (3.) Heb. bottim (2 Kings 23:7), "hangings for the grove"
     (R.V., "for the Asherah"); marg., instead of "hangings," has
     "tents" or "houses." Such curtained structures for idolatrous
     worship are also alluded to in Ezek. 16:16.
     

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  HANGING, punishment. Death by the halter, or the suspending of a criminal, 
  condemned to suffer death, by the neck, until life is extinct. A mode of 
  capital punishment.