n.
A nest that hangs like a bag or pocket.
n.
A bird which builds such a nest; a hangbird.
n.
A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.
n.
A rope or withe for fastening a gate.
n.
A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay.
v. t.
To fasten with a rope, as a gate.
v. t.
To form into hanks.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Hanker
v. i.
To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; -- usually with for or after; as, to hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town.
v. i.
To linger in expectation or with desire.
adv.
In a hankering manner.
n.
Professional cant; the chatter of conjurers to divert attention from their tricks; hence, jugglery.
a.
Of or pertaining to Hanover or its people, or to the House of Hanover in England.
n.
A native or naturalized inhabitant of Hanover; one of the House of Hanover.
n.
An official report of proceedings in the British Parliament; -- so called from the name of the publishers.
n.
A merchant of one of the Hanse towns. See the Note under 2d Hanse.
n.
That part of an elliptical or many-centered arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost.