Definition of hang

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Hang (v. i.) To hover; to impend; to appear threateningly; -- usually with over; as, evils hang over the country..

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Crestfallen :: Crestfallen (a.) Having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to one side; -- said of a horse..
Trade :: Trade (v. i.) To barter, or to buy and sell; to be engaged in the exchange, purchase, or sale of goods, wares, merchandise, or anything else; to traffic; to bargain; to carry on commerce as a business..
Flux :: Flux (n.) The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change..
Swing :: Swing (n.) The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum..
Counsel :: Counsel (n.) Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.
Hanger :: Hanger (n.) A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft.
Lugsail :: Lugsail (n.) A square sail bent upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the mast and is raised or lowered with the sail.
Interchangeable :: Interchangeable (a.) Following each other in alternate succession; as, the four interchangeable seasons..
Impatient :: Impatient (a.) Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; -- often followed by at, for, of, and under..
Agio :: Agio (n.) The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio.
Slippery :: Slippery (a.) Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle.
Curtain :: Curtain (n.) A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a movable screen for concealing the stage..
Permutable :: Permutable (a.) Capable of being permuted; exchangeable.
Intermigration :: Intermigration (n.) Reciprocal migration; interchange of dwelling place by migration.
Amaurosis :: Amaurosis (n.) A loss or decay of sight, from loss of power in the optic nerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye; -- called also gutta serena, the drop serene of Milton..
Whiffle :: Whiffle (v. i.) To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
Brace :: Brace (n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell..
Predisposition :: Predisposition (n.) Previous fitness or adaptation to any change, impression, or purpose; susceptibility; -- applied to material things; as, the predisposition of the body to disease..
Tariff :: Tariff (n.) Any schedule or system of rates, changes, etc.; as, a tariff of fees, or of railroad fares..
Position :: Position (n.) The spot where a person or thing is placed or takes a place; site; place; station; situation; as, the position of man in creation; the fleet changed its position..
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