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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Underlock :: Underlock (n.) A lock of wool hanging under the belly of a sheep.
Rood :: Rood (n.) A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross with Christ hanging on it.
Valance :: Valance (v. t.) To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery.
Cragsman :: Cragsman (n.) One accustomed to climb rocks or crags; esp., one who makes a business of climbing the cliffs overhanging the sea to get the eggs of sea birds or the birds themselves..
Carbonaro :: Carbonaro (n.) A member of a secret political association in Italy, organized in the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose of changing the government into a republic..
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..
Conglaciation :: Conglaciation (n.) The act or process of changing into ice, or the state of being converted to ice; a freezing; congelation; also, a frost..
Interchange :: Interchange (n.) The act of mutually changing; the act of mutually giving and receiving; exchange; as, the interchange of civilities between two persons..
Acockbill :: Acockbill (adv.) Hanging at the cathead, ready to let go, as an anchor..
Dependency :: Dependency (n.) A thing hanging down; a dependence.
Hanging :: Hanging (n.) Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
Amoeboid :: Amoeboid (a.) Resembling an amoeba; amoeba-shaped; changing in shape like an amoeba.
Reciprocal :: Reciprocal (a.) Done by each to the other; interchanging or interchanged; given and received; due from each to each; mutual; as, reciprocal love; reciprocal duties..
Busby :: Busby (n.) A military headdress or cap, used in the British army. It is of fur, with a bag, of the same color as the facings of the regiment, hanging from the top over the right shoulder..
Barter :: Barter (v. i.) To traffic or trade, by exchanging one commodity for another, in distinction from a sale and purchase, in which money is paid for the commodities transferred; to truck..
Crestfallen :: Crestfallen (a.) With hanging head; hence, dispirited; dejected; cowed..
Hanging :: Hanging (a.) Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter..
Pendulous :: Pendulous (a.) Depending; pendent loosely; hanging; swinging.
Motion :: Motion (n.) The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; -- opposed to rest..
Tatter :: Tatter (n.) A rag, or a part torn and hanging; -- chiefly used in the plural..
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