pendulate (pendulat)

i.; pret. and pp. pen dulated, ppr. pendulating. [L. pendulus, hanging (see pendulous ), + -ate2.] To hang or swing freely; swing; dangle; vibrate as a pendulum. The ill-starred scoundrel [on the gallows) pendulates between Heaven and Earth, a thing rejected of both. Carlyle , Diamond Necklace, xvi. pendulatorył, a . [ pendulate + -ory.] Hanging; pendulous. I have seen above five hundred hanged, but I never saw any have a better countenance in his dangling and pend i latory [read pendulatory ] swagging. Urquhart, tr. of Rabelais, i. 42. (Davies.) pendulet (pen'dul), n. [F. pendule = Sp. pén dulo = Pg. pendulo = It. pendulo , pendolo = D. pendule = G. pendel = Sw.pendel , pendyl = Dan. pendel, pendulum , a pendulum: see pen dulum. Cf. pendle1 .] 1. A pendulum. By a familiar instance, the hammer is raised by a wheel, that wheel by a consequence of other wheels; those are moved by a spring, pendule , or poise. Evelyn, True Religion, I. 12. 4371 2. A standard clock, especially one forming an ornamental object, as part of a chimney-set. There are also divers curious clocks, watches, and pen dules of exquisite work. Evelyn, Diary, Sept. 2, 1680. pendulent (pen'du-lent), a . [Prop. * pendulant ; pendule + -ent (for- ant ).] Pendulous; hanging. Wayward old willow-trees, which... shed, from myriads of pendulent gold catkins, when the west wind shook them, a fragrance. keenly and refreshingly sweet. H. W. Preston, Year in Eden, vii.