Hang"ing , n.
1. The act
of suspending anything; the state of
being suspended.
2.
Death by suspension; execution
by a halter.
3. That which is
hung as lining or drapery for the walls of a room, as tapestry, paper, etc., or to cover or drape a door or window; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Now purple hangings clothe the palace walls.
Dryden.
Hang"ing , a.
1. Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the
halter. "What a hanging face!" Dryden.
2.
Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.
3.
Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges.
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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