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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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