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Hanging :: Hanging (a.) Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges..

Lovelock :: Lovelock (n.) A long lock of hair hanging prominently by itself; an earlock; -- worn by men of fashion in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I.

Suspensory :: Suspensory (a.) Suspended; hanging; depending.

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..

Drapery :: Drapery (n.) A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, especially when hung loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as: (a) Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the body, or shown in the representations of the human figure in art. (b) Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed..

Upholster :: Upholster (v. t.) To furnish (rooms, carriages, bedsteads, chairs, etc.) with hangings, coverings, cushions, etc.; to adorn with furnishings in cloth, velvet, silk, etc.; as, to upholster a couch; to upholster a room with curtains..

Reciprocal :: Reciprocal (a.) Done by each to the other; interchanging or interchanged; given and received; due from each to each; mutual; as, reciprocal love; reciprocal duties..

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..

Bell Crank :: Bell crank () A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pulls and in changing the direction of bell wires at angles of rooms, etc., and also in machinery..

Fondus :: Fondus (n.) A style of printing calico, paper hangings, etc., in which the colors are in bands and graduated into each other..

Knag :: Knag (n.) A wooden peg for hanging things on.

Hyperbaton :: Hyperbaton (n.) A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses; as, echoed the hills for the hills echoed..

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..

Flabby :: Flabby (a.) Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; as, flabby flesh..

Tasset :: Tasset (n.) A defense for the front of the thigh, consisting of one or more iron plates hanging from the belt on the lower edge of the corselet..

Unhang :: Unhang (v. t.) To divest or strip of hangings; to remove the hangings, as a room..

Slouching :: Slouching (a.) Hanging down at the side; limp; drooping; without firmness or shapeliness; moving in an ungainly manner.

Newfangle :: Newfangle (a.) Eager for novelties; desirous of changing.

Paper :: Paper (v. t.) To cover with paper; to furnish with paper hangings; as, to paper a room or a house..

Swing :: Swing (n.) A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing; especially, an apparatus for recreation by swinging, commonly consisting of a rope, the two ends of which are attached overhead, as to the bough of a tree, a seat being placed in the loop at the bottom; also, any contrivance by which a similar motion is produced for amusement or exercise..

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