Hang

hang, v. [hanged (hangd) or hung, hang- ing. Hanged preferable to hung when reference is had to execution by suspension.] To suspend; to fasten, so as to allow of free motion upon the point or points of suspension; to put to death by suspending; to decorate by hanging pictures, trophies, drapery, etc.; to droop. — v. To be suspended, dangle, depend; to be fastened so as to allow free motion on the point of suspension; to rest for support, depend; to be a weight; to hover, impend; to lean or incline. — n. The manner in which one part hangs upon another; connection; arrangement; plan. [AS. hangi an, Ic. hang a, D. hangenJ] — To hang fire. (Mil.) To be slow in discharging or communicating fire through the vent to the charge to be slow in exploding. — To h. a scythe. To fasten properly to the snath.— To h. by the eyelids. To hang by a very slight hold. — To h. on. To keep hold, hold fast, stick. — To h. together. To be united, stand byone another; to be self-consistent. — To get the h. of. To learn the arrangement of, become accustomed to. — Hang'er, n. One who, or that which, etc.; a short sword; that by which a thing suspended, esp. (Mach.) a part suspending a journal box, in which shafting runs. — Hang'er-on, n. One who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or plan; a dependent.— Hanging, n. Death by suspension; that which is hung, as, drapery for a room.— Hang'- dog, n. A degraded man, only to be the hangman of dogs. — a. Like, etc.— Hang'man, n. pi. -men. One who hangs another — a public executioner. Hang'nail. n. A small piece of skin hanging fr. the root of a finger-nail.— Hasg'bird, n. The Baltimore oriole,—whose nest hangs from the limb of a — tree. nest, n. The nest of, etc.— Hang Ing buttre , n. (Arch.) A buttre supported upon a corbel, and not standing solid on the foundation. — Hank, hank, n. Two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together. (JTatrf.) A ring sliding on a stay, to which a sail is bent. [Ic. hank i, clasp of a chest, hangr, hank, coil, sun, cube, full moon, fdot cow, oil HARD fr. hang a, to hang Sw. hank, a string, tie-band. — Hank'er, v. [-ered (-Srd), -erino.] To desire vehemently. hunkeren, OD. hengelen, to hanker after, D. nangen.]