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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadNoah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Hanging
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(1):
(a.) Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges.
(2):
(a.) Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.
(3):
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hang
(4):
(n.) The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.
(5):
(n.) Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
(6):
(n.) 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.
(7):
(a.) Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter.