Hanging indentation

Hanging \Hang"ing\, a.
   1. Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter.
      "What a hanging face!" --Dryden.
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   2. Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.
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   3. Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging
      post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges.
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   {Hanging compass}, a compass suspended so that the card may
      be read from beneath.

   {Hanging garden}, a garden sustained at an artificial
      elevation by any means, as by the terraces at Babylon.

   {Hanging indentation}. See under {Indentation}.

   {Hanging rail} (Arch.), that rail of a door or casement to
      which hinges are attached.

   {Hanging side} (Mining), the overhanging side of an inclined
      or hading vein.

   {Hanging sleeves}.
      (a) Strips of the same stuff as the gown, hanging down the
          back from the shoulders.
      (b) Loose, flowing sleeves.

   {Hanging stile}. (Arch.)
      (a) That stile of a door to which hinges are secured.
      (b) That upright of a window frame to which casements are
          hinged, or in which the pulleys for sash windows are
          fastened.

   {Hanging wall} (Mining), the upper wall of inclined vein, or
      that which hangs over the miner's head when working in the
      vein.
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Indentation \In`den*ta"tion\, n.
   1. The act of indenting or state of being indented.
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   2. A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything;
      as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc.
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   3. A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
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   4. (Print.)
      (a) The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a
          little distance within the flush line of the column or
          page, as in the common way of beginning the first line
          of a paragraph.
      (b) The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one
          em, or of two ems.
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   {Hanging indentation}, or {Reverse indentation}, indentation
      of all the lines of a paragraph except the first, which is
      a full line; also called a {hanging indent}.
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