a.
Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter.
a.
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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