Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hanging"

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)

Hanging
(as a punishment), a mark of infamy inflicted on the dead bodies
of criminals (Deut. 21:23) rather than our modern mode of
punishment. Criminals were first strangled and then hanged (Nu.
25:4; Deut. 21:22). (See 2 Sam. 21:6 for the practice of the
Gibeonites.)

Hanging (as a curtain). (1.) Heb. masak, (a) before the
entrance to the court of the tabernacle (Ex. 35:17); (b) before
the door of the tabernacle (26:36, 37); (c) before the entrance
to the most holy place, called "the veil of the covering"
(35:12; 39:34), as the word properly means.

(2.) Heb. kelaim, tapestry covering the walls of the
tabernacle (Ex. 27:9; 35:17; Num. 3:26) to the half of the
height of the wall (Ex. 27:18; comp. 26:16). These hangings were
fastened to pillars.

(3.) Heb. bottim (2 Kings 23:7), "hangings for the grove"
(R.V., "for the Asherah"); marg., instead of "hangings," has
"tents" or "houses." Such curtained structures for idolatrous
worship are also alluded to in Ezek. 16:16.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Indentation \In`den*ta"tion\, n.
1. The act of indenting or state of being indented.

2. A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything;
as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc.

3. A recess or sharp depression in any surface.

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.

{Hanging}, or {Reverse}, {indentation}, indentation of all
the lines of a paragraph except the first, which is a full
line.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Hang \Hang\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hanged} (h?ngd) or {Hung}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Hanging}.

Usage: The use of hanged is preferable to that of hung, when
reference is had to death or execution by suspension,
and it is also more common.] [OE. hangen, hangien, v.
t. & i., AS. hangian, v. i., fr. h?n, v. t. (imp.
heng, p. p. hongen); akin to OS. hang?n, v. i. D.
hangen, v. t. & i., G. hangen, v. i, h["a]ngen, v. t,
Isel hanga, v. i., Goth. h[=a]han, v. t. (imp.
ha['i]hah), h[=a]han, v. i. (imp. hahaida), and perh.
to L. cunctari to delay. [root]37. ]
1. To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without
support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to
hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sign; to hang out a
banner.

2. To fasten in a manner which will allow of free motion upon
the point or points of suspension; -- said of a pendulum,
a swing, a door, gate, etc.

3. To fit properly, as at a proper angle (a part of an
implement that is swung in using), as a scythe to its
snath, or an ax to its helve. [U. S.]

4. To put to death by suspending by the neck; -- a form of
capital punishment; as, to hang a murderer.

5. To cover, decorate, or furnish by hanging pictures
trophies, drapery, and the like, or by covering with paper
hangings; -- said of a wall, a room, etc.

Hung be the heavens with black. --Shak.

And hung thy holy roofs with savage spoils.
--Dryden.

6. To paste, as paper hangings, on the walls of a room.

7. To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or
position instead of erect; to droop; as, he hung his head
in shame.

Cowslips wan that hang the pensive head. --Milton.

{To hang down}, to let fall below the proper position; to
bend down; to decline; as, to hang down the head, or,
elliptically, to hang the head.

{To hang fire} (Mil.), to be slow in communicating fire
through the vent to the charge; as, the gun hangs fire;
hence, to hesitate, to hold back as if in suspense.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Hanging \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.

Nor purple hangings clothe the palace walls.
--Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Hanging \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

hanging
adj : supported from above; "the child dabbled his dangling feet
in the water"; "fuchsias in hanging pots"; "pendent
bunches of grapes"; "a suspended fireplace" [syn: {dangling(a)},
{pendent}, {pendant}, {suspended}]
n 1: decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a
window; "the cold castle walls were covered with
hangings" [syn: {wall hanging}]
2: a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the
neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead; "in those days
the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"
3: the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it
moves freely); "there was a small ceremony for the hanging
of the portrait" [syn: {suspension}, {dangling}]


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