Definition of hanging

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Hanging (a.) Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves..

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Lens :: Lens (n.) A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, and commonly used, either singly or combined, in optical instruments, for changing the direction of rays of light, and thus magnifying objects, or otherwise modifying vision. In practice, the curved surfaces are usually spherical, though rarely cylindrical, or of some other figure..
Humor :: Humor (n.) Changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks; vagaries; whims.
Camail :: Camail (n.) A neck guard of chain mall, hanging from the bascinet or other headpiece..
Newfangle :: Newfangle (a.) Eager for novelties; desirous of changing.
Alterant :: Alterant (a.) Altering; gradually changing.
Corruption :: Corruption (n.) The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct; as, a corruption of style; corruption in language..
Pendant :: Pendant (n.) Something which hangs or depends; something suspended; a hanging appendage, especially one of an ornamental character; as to a chandelier or an eardrop; also, an appendix or addition, as to a book..
Peel :: Peel (n.) A spadelike implement, variously used, as for removing loaves of bread from a baker's oven; also, a T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry. Also, the blade of an oar..
Perpendicle :: Perpendicle (n.) Something hanging straight down; a plumb line.
Hyperbaton :: Hyperbaton (n.) A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses; as, echoed the hills for the hills echoed..
Suspensory :: Suspensory (a.) Suspended; hanging; depending.
Hanging :: Hanging (a.) Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges..
Over :: Over (n.) A certain number of balls (usually four) delivered successively from behind one wicket, after which the ball is bowled from behind the other wicket as many times, the fielders changing places..
Pendant :: Pendant (n.) A hanging ornament on roofs, ceilings, etc., much used in the later styles of Gothic architecture, where it is of stone, and an important part of the construction. There are imitations in plaster and wood, which are mere decorative features..
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..
Saddlebags :: Saddlebags (n. pl.) Bags, usually of leather, united by straps or a band, formerly much used by horseback riders to carry small articles, one bag hanging on each side..
Chromatophore :: Chromatophore (n.) A contractile cell or vesicle containing liquid pigment and capable of changing its form or size, thus causing changes of color in the translucent skin of such animals as possess them. They are highly developed and numerous in the cephalopods..
Hanging :: Hanging (a.) Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves..
Aerification :: Aerification (n.) The act of becoming aerified, or of changing from a solid or liquid form into an aeriform state; the state of being aeriform..
Penthouse :: Penthouse (a.) Leaning; overhanging.
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