Hinge

6 definitions found

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

  Hinge \Hinge\, n. [OE. henge, heeng; akin to D. heng, LG. henge,
     Prov. E. hingle a small hinge; connected with hang, v., and
     Icel. hengja to hang. See {Hang}.]
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     1. The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door,
        gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a


        strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on.
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              The gate self-opened wide,
              On golden hinges turning.             --Milton.
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     2. That on which anything turns or depends; a governing
        principle; a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was
        the hinge on which the question turned.
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     3. One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or
        south. [R.]
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              When the moon is in the hinge at East. --Creech.
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              Nor slept the winds . . . but rushed abroad.
                                                    --Milton.
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     {Hinge joint}.
        (a) (Anat.) See {Ginglymus}.
        (b) (Mech.) Any joint resembling a hinge, by which two
            pieces are connected so as to permit relative turning
            in one plane.
  
     {To be off the hinges}, to be in a state of disorder or
        irregularity; to have lost proper adjustment. --Tillotson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hinge \Hinge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hinged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Hinging}.]
     1. To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.
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     2. To bend. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hinge \Hinge\, v. i.
     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 on or upon; as, the argument hinges on this
     point. --I. Taylor
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hinge
       n 1: a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing
            relative to the other [syn: {flexible joint}]
       2: a circumstance upon which subsequent events depend; "his
          absence is the hinge of our plan"
       v : attach with a hinge

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

  153 Moby Thesaurus words for "hinge":
     accrue from, ankle, arbor, arise from, articulate, articulation,
     axis, axle, axle bar, axle shaft, axle spindle, axle-tree, batten,
     batten down, be based on, be contingent on, be dependent on,
     be due to, be predicated on, bolt, boundary, buckle, bud from,
     butt, button, cervix, clasp, cleat, climacteric, clinch, clip,
     closure, clutch, come from, come out of, connecting link,
     connecting rod, connection, convergence of events, coupling,
     crisis, critical juncture, critical point, crossroads,
     crucial period, crunch, depend, depend on, derive from,
     descend from, distaff, dovetail, elbow, emanate from, embrace,
     emerge from, emergency, ensue from, exigency, extremity, flow from,
     follow from, fulcrum, germinate from, gimbal, gliding joint,
     grow from, grow out of, gudgeon, hang, hang on, hasp, hinge on,
     hinged joint, hingle, hip, hitch, hook, hub, interface, issue from,
     jam, join, joining, joint, juncture, knee, knuckle, latch, lie on,
     lie with, link, lock, mandrel, miter, mortise, nail, nave, neck,
     oarlock, originate in, pass, peg, pin, pinch, pintle, pivot,
     pivot joint, pole, proceed from, push, rabbet, radiant, rest,
     rest on, rest with, revolve on, rivet, rowlock, rub, scarf, screw,
     seam, sew, shoulder, skewer, snap, spindle, spring from,
     sprout from, stand on, staple, stem from, stick, stitch, strait,
     suture, swivel, symphysis, tack, tie rod, toggle, toggle joint,
     trunnion, turn, turn on, turn upon, turning point, union, wedge,
     weld, wrist, zipper
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Hinge
     (Heb. tsir), that on which a door revolves. "Doors in the East
     turn rather on pivots than on what we term hinges. In Syria, and
     especially in the Hauran, there are many ancient doors,
     consisting of stone slabs with pivots carved out of the same
     piece inserted in sockets above and below, and fixed during the
     building of the house" (Prov. 26:14).