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Hang'ing, p. a. Foreboding death by the halter. "Sir... you have a hanging look." - Shaks. voirs employed for cooling the air and watering the garden." The different terraces and groves also contained fountains, parterres, seats, and banqueting-rooms, and combined the minute beauties of flowers and foliage (only to be rightly estimated in those desert plains) with rece es of shade and extensive prospects. The existence of these hanging gardens has been doubted by some authorities; but it is said that their locality can be traced, and their ruins discovered, among the numerous mounds of sand which mark the position of ancient Babylon. Hang'ing Grove, in Indiana , a township of Jasper co. ship. - Any writing performed by hand; manuscript. Hand'y, a. [Swed., Goth., and D. handig ; 0. Ger. handag.] Dexterous in the use of the hand; adroit, skilful; skilled to use the hands with ease in performance; ingenious; practising with expertne and readine . "Each is handy in his way." - Dryden. -Ready to the hand; near; convenient; as, he has everything handy to his work. Handy, in Michigan , a township of Livings ton co. Pop . (1897) about 1,200. Handy, in Oregon , a post-office of Marion co. Hand'y-book, n. A digest; a compendium; a vademecum; a manual. Han'dy-dan'dy, n . A play among children, in which something is pa ed from one hand to the other behind the back, and then a gue made in which hand it may be found. "Handy-dandy, which is the justice, which is the thief." - Shake. Hand'y-fight, n. Boxing; pugilistic strife. "Pollux loves handy-Aghts." Ben Jonson. Hand'y-gripe, n. Grasp by the hand. Hand'y-stroke, n. A stroke or blow given by the hand. Hand'ywork, n. Same as HANDIWORK, q. v. Han'erville, in Wisconsin , a post-office of Dane co. Hanes'ville, in Maryland , a post-office of Kent co. Ha'ney, in Wisconsin , a post-township of Crawford co.. Haney's Corners, in Indiana , a post-office of Ripley county. Ha'neyville, in Pennsylvania , a P. O. of Clinton co. Han'ford, in California , a post-village, cap. of Kings co., on So. Pac. R.R. Pop . (1897) about 2,600. Hang, v. a. (imp. and pp . HANGED or HUNG.) [A.S. hangi an; Ger. hängen; Dan. hænge; Icel. hang a; 0. Ger. hah an; Goth. hah an , to crucify, to suspend; probably from Sansk. sang , sag , to adhere.] To suspend from some elevated point or position; to place without solid support or foundation; -frequently before up or out ; as, to hang one's hat up , to hang a picture, to hang up a sign, to hang out clothes to dry. " Hang out our banners on the outward walls." ( Shaks .) - To cause to depend; to impend, or to be pendulous; to fix in such a manner as to be movable; as, to hang a gate, to hang a clock-weight. -To put to death by suspending from the neck; as, to hang a murderer. - To append; to fix to, by hanging decorations, pictures, and the like; used in application to a wall, a tree, .; as, to hang a room with tapestry, to hang a Christmas-tree with toys. - To cause to hang; to droop; to decline. "White lilies hang their heads and soon decay." - Dryden. To hang down, to let fall below the proper or natural situation; to decline; to bend down; as, to hang down the head.