a.
Low; sneaking; ashamed.
n.
One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.
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That by which a thing is suspended.
n.
A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
n.
A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft.
n.
That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.
n.
A steep, wooded declivity.
n.
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.
a.
Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter.
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Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.
a.
Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges.
n.
The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.
n.
Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
n.
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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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.
n.
The office or character of a hangman.
n.
A small piece or silver of skin which hangs loose, near the root of finger nail.