Definition of hanging

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Hanging (a.) Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges..

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Peel :: Peel (n.) A spadelike implement, variously used, as for removing loaves of bread from a baker's oven; also, a T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry. Also, the blade of an oar..
Gallows :: Gallows (n. sing.) A frame from which is suspended the rope with which criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like frame for suspending anything..
Hanging :: Hanging (a.) Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter..
Polymerization :: Polymerization (n.) The act or process of changing to a polymeric form; the condition resulting from such change.
Tag :: Tag (n.) Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label..
Exchange :: Exchange (n.) The process of setting accounts or debts between parties residing at a distance from each other, without the intervention of money, by exchanging orders or drafts, called bills of exchange. These may be drawn in one country and payable in another, in which case they are called foreign bills; or they may be drawn and made payable in the same country, in which case they are called inland bills. The term bill of exchange is often abbreviated into exchange; as, to buy or sell exchange.
Locomotivity :: Locomotivity (n.) The power of changing place.
Dependence :: Dependence (n.) The act or state of depending; state of being dependent; a hanging down or from; suspension from a support.
Set :: Set (v. t.) To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to..
Downgyved :: Downgyved (a.) Hanging down like gyves or fetters.
Hanging :: Hanging (n.) Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
Tillandsia :: Tillandsia (n.) A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical America. Tillandsia usneoides, called long moss, black moss, Spanish moss, and Florida moss, has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees. It is often used for stuffing mattresses..
Development :: Development (n.) The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning.
Necklace :: Necklace (n.) A rope or chain fitted around the masthead to hold hanging blocks for jibs and stays.
Wattle :: Wattle (n.) A naked fleshy, and usually wrinkled and highly colored, process of the skin hanging from the chin or throat of a bird or reptile..
Snail :: Snail (n.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock..
Yodle :: Yodle (v. t. & i.) To sing in a manner common among the Swiss and Tyrolese mountaineers, by suddenly changing from the head voice, or falsetto, to the chest voice, and the contrary; to warble..
Polymerize :: Polymerize (v. t.) To cause polymerization of; to produce polymers from; to increase the molecular weight of, without changing the atomic proportions; thus, certain acids polymerize aldehyde..
Lovelock :: Lovelock (n.) A long lock of hair hanging prominently by itself; an earlock; -- worn by men of fashion in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I.
Petrescence :: Petrescence (n.) The process of changing into stone; petrification.
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