Definition of hanging

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Hanging (n.) Death by suspension; execution by a halter.

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Babylonical :: Babylonical (a.) Pertaining to Babylon, or made there; as, Babylonic garments, carpets, or hangings..
Nigrescent :: Nigrescent (a.) Growing black; changing to a black color; approaching to blackness.
Petrifaction :: Petrifaction (n.) The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness..
Reduplication :: Reduplication (n.) The doubling of a stem or syllable (more or less modified), with the effect of changing the time expressed, intensifying the meaning, or making the word more imitative; also, the syllable thus added; as, L. tetuli; poposci..
Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To slope down; as, hanging grounds..
Cut-off :: Cut-off (n.) Any device for stopping or changing a current, as of grain or water in a spout..
Stern :: Stern (superl.) Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree..
Lambrequin :: Lambrequin (n.) A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging, pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window, hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like..
Locomotive :: Locomotive (a.) Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place; as, a locomotive animal..
Drape :: Drape (v. i.) To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc..
Converse :: Converse (n.) A proposition which arises from interchanging the terms of another, as by putting the predicate for the subject, and the subject for the predicate; as, no virtue is vice, no vice is virtue..
Lop :: Lop (a.) Hanging down; as, lop ears; -- used also in compound adjectives; as, lopeared; lopsided..
Slouching :: Slouching (a.) Hanging down at the side; limp; drooping; without firmness or shapeliness; moving in an ungainly manner.
Conversion :: Conversion (n.) The act of changing one's views or course, as in passing from one side, party, or from of religion to another; also, the state of being so changed..
Wardrobe :: Wardrobe (v. t.) A room or apartment where clothes are kept, or wearing apparel is stored; a portable closet for hanging up clothes..
Shifting :: Shifting (a.) Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles..
Equipendency :: Equipendency (n.) The act or condition of hanging in equipoise; not inclined or determined either way.
Jute :: "Jute (n.) The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian Corchorus olitorius, and C. capsularis; also, the plant itself. The fiber is much used for making mats, gunny cloth, cordage, hangings, paper, etc..
Metamorphosic :: Metamorphosic (a.) Changing the form; transforming.
Obumbrant :: Obumbrant (a.) Overhanging; as, obumbrant feathers..
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