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(hang), v.; pret. and pp. hung or hanged (the latter obsolete except in sense 2), ppr. hanging. (In mod. E. hang (dial. also hing, heng, formerly also hank) are mixed two orig. distinct forms: (1) Hang, weak verb (pret. and pp. hanged), prop. intr., mo hang _ smight serve for just excuse, that these small things make as many steps to their end as. greater. Donne, Letters, i. I am one of them who value not a Courtesy that hangs long betwixt the Fingers. Howell, Letters, I. v. 18. A noble stroke he lifted high, Which hung not. Milton, P. L., vi. 190. She thrice e ay’d to speak; her accents hung, And fault’ring dy’d unfinish’d on her tongue. Dryden, 9. To linger; loiter. Leue of sone and Ayng noghte to lange thare-appone. Hampole, Prose Treatises (E. E. T. 8.), p. 37. I waited for the train at Coventry; I hung with grooms and porters on the bridge, To watch the three tall spires. Tennyson, Godiva, So on that eve about the church they hung, And through the open door heard fair things sung. William Morris, Earthly Paradise, II. 282. 10. To slope; have a steep declivity: as, hanging grounds. All these, and what the woods can yield, The hanging mountain or the field, I freely offer. Mletcher, Faithful Shepherde , i. 1. 11. To come to a standstill; fail to agree: as, the jury hung, and the man got a new trial. Bartlett, American isms. [U.8.]—12. To balance: as, the gun hangs well.—_Hanging bridge. (a See bridge. Oran inverted or suspended fire-bridse if: steam-boiler furnace. It is sometimes hollow and connected with the water-space of the boiler.—Hanging buttre , cutter, gale, garden, sleeve, wall, etc. See the nouns.—H; Side. Same as hanging wall peste see, under wall).— Hang lagt, let the last man be anged; devil take the hindmost. Colig. Fly, gentlemen, fly!... have yea mind to have your fidles Broke about your pates? Fidler, Not we! we thank ye. Colig. Hang lag, hang lag! The Villain (1663). The goose hangs high. See goose.—To hang back, to eetiaes 3 be reluctant to proceed. Mrs. Meyrick wanted to lead her to a seat, but, again hanging back gently, the poor weary thing spoke. George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, xviii. To Bang by geometryt. See geometry.—To hang b the eye: de e @) Bee eeler. (6) Naut., to be in ale | lected or dilapidated condition, as a ve el whose rigging is uncared for, whose rope-ends are frayed, and on which everything is untidy.—To hang in doubt, to be in a state of suspense or uncertainty. Thy life shall hang in doubt before thee, and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none a urance of thy Tife.. Deut. xxviii. 66. To in the balance, to be in doubt or suspense: as, his life hung in the balance. A Scepticke in Religion is one that hangs tn the ballance with all sorts of opinions, whereof not one but stirres him and none swayes him. tak Bp. Earle, Micro-cosmographie, A Scepticke in Religion. To hang off. (a) To let go: the opposite of to hang on. Hang off, thou cat, thou burr: vile thing, let loose; Or I will shake thee from me, like a serpent. Shak., M. N. D., iii. 2. (6) To refuse or delay compliance; hang back; hold off. —To hang on or upon. I. (On or upon, prep.] (a) To cling fondly to: as, to hang upon one’s neck. (b) To weigh upon; oppre . Most heavenly music! It nips me unto ees _— iat slumber Hange u mine eyes: me rest. Viale Shak., Pericles, v. 1. Though I have walked but four miles this morning, yet TI begin to be weary; yesterday’s hunting hangs still upon me. I. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 65. Life hangs upon me and becomes a burden. Add is on, Cato, iii. 1. (c) To depend or rest upon; rely upon. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Mat. xxii. 40, How wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes’ favours! hak., Hen. VILL, iii. 2. Then thus I take my leave, ki ing your hand, And hanging on your royal word. Beau. and Fi., Phil aster, v. 3. d) To regard with close attention or pa ionate admiraon. | What though I be not so in grace as you, So hung upon with love, so fortunate! Shak., M. N. D., iii. 2. He would, with decent superiority, look upon himself as orator before the throne of grace, for acrowd, who hang upon his words. Steele, Guardian, No. 65. II. [On, adv.] (a) To persist; be importunate; continue tediously: as, office-seekers hang on to the last; the lawsuit still hangs on. (b) Naut., to hold fast without belaying.— To hang out, to lodge or reside: in allusion to the custom of hanging out a sign or “shingle” to indicate one’s shop and busine , [Slang.] “Tsay, old boy, where do you hang out?” Mr. Pickwick replied that he was at present suspended at the George and Vulture. Dickens, Pickwick, xxx. I’ve found two rooms at Chelsea, not many hundred yards from my mother and sisters, and I shall soon be ready to hang owt there. be - George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, xxxvii. 2709 To hang over, to project over, as the roof of a house.— To hang together. (a) To hold together; keep body and soul together; be mutually sustaining. Mrs. Page. Is she [your wife] at home? Ford. Ay; and as idle as she may hang together, for want of company. Shak., M. W. of W., iii. 2. As poor as he can hang together. George Eliot. When Hancock, after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, urged upon the signers the nece ity of union, saying, ‘‘We must all hang together,” “ Yes,” said Franklin, ‘or we shall all hang separately.” J.S. Hart, Rhetoric, p. 204. (0) To be consistent in details; agree in all parts: as, the story does not hang together. Mark how well the sequel hangs together. Shak., Rich. TI1., iii. 6. hang (hang),. [=G. hang, declivity, slope, inclination, propensity, = Dan. hang, bent, bias, inclination; from the verb.] 1. A slope or declivity; degree of slope or inclination: as, the hang of a root or a terrace.—2. The way in which a thing hangs: as, the hang of a skirt or of a curtain.—3. In ship-building, the curvature of a plank concave on its lower edge when bent to the frame of a ship. If the curve is convex on the lower edge, it is called sny.—4. Naut., same as rake.—5. A clump of weeds hanging together. Davies. [Eng.] It might be a ha ock of rushes; a tuft of the great water-dock; a dead dog; one of the hangs with which the club-water was studded, torn up and stranded. Kingsley, Two Years Ago, xxv. 6. A crop of fruit. [Proy. Eng.]—'7. General bent or tendency: as, the hang of a discourse. —8. The mode in which one thing is connected with another, or in which one part of a thing is connected with another part: as, the hang of a scythe.—9. The precise manner of doing or using something: as, to get the hang of a new implement; to lose the hang of it. [Colloq.] Beset as he has been on all sides, he could not refrain {from writing], and would only imprecate patience till he shall again have got the hang (as he calls it) of an accomplishment long disused. Lowell, Biglow Papers, 2d ser., p. 6. There’s something we haven't got the hang of. S. O. Jewett, Deep haven, p. 173.