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charge by any thing fufpended.— Hung be the heav’ns 
with black, yield day to night! Skahefpeare. 
The pavement ever foul with human gore ; 
Heads and their mangled members hung the door. Dryd. 
To furnifh with ornaments or draperies fattened to the 
wall.—Mufic is better in, chambers wainfcotted‘ than 
hanged. Bacon.— Sir Roger has hung fever,d parts of his 
houfe with the trophies of his labours. Addifon. 
To HANG, v. n. To be fufpended; to be fupported' 
above, not below : 
Over it a fair portcullis hung , 
Which to the gate direftly did incline, 
With comely compafs and compafture ttrong. Spenfer. 
To depend ; to fall loofely on the lower part; to dangle : 
If gaming does an'aged lire entice, 
Then my young matter fwiftly learns the vice, 
And (hakes in hanging fleeves the little box and dice. 
Dry den. 
To bend forward.—By hanging is only meant a pofture 
ef bending forward to ftrike the enemy. Addifon. —To 
float ; to play : 
And fall thefe fayings from that gentle tongue, 
Where civil fpeech and foft perfuafibn hung ? Prior. 
To be fupported by fomething railed above the ground. 
_Whatever is placed ,on the head may be faid to hang ; 
as we call hanging gardens fuch as are planted on the top 
of the houfe. Addifon. —To reft-upon by embracing.— 
Fauftina is defcribed in the form of a lady fitting upon 
a bed, and two little infants hanging about her neck. 
Peacham. 
To-day might I, hanging on Hotfpur’s neck, 
Have talk’d of Monmouth’s grave. Skakefpearc. 
To hover; to impend.—Odious names of diftinftion, 
which had ttept while the dread of popery hung over us, 
were revived. Atterbury. 
He hath a heavenly gift of prophecy ; 
And fundry bleflings hang about his throne, 
That fpeak him full of grace. Skahefpeare. 
To be loofely joined : 
Whither go you ? 
__To fee your wife: is (he at home ? 
_Ay, and as idle as (he may hang together. Skahefpeare. 
the middle_of the fides of hanging grounds. Mortimer .— 
To be executed by the halter.—The court forfakes hint 
and fir Balaam hangs. Pope .—To decline ; to tend down : 
His neck obliquely o’er his fhoulders hung, 
Prefs’d with the weight of deep that tames the ttrong. \, 
Pope. 
HANG, a town, of Sweden, in the province of Eaft 
Gothland: fix miles north-eaft of Linkioping. 
HANG-WITE, or Hang-wit,/ [hangan, Sax. i. et 
fufpendere, and pifce, mulSlaf A liberty formerly granted 
to a perfon, whereby he is quit of a felon or thief hanged 
without judgment, or efcaped out gf cuftody. Rajlal. 
And it may fignify a liberty, whereby a lord challenges 
the forfeiture for him who bangs himfelf within the, 
lord’s fee. Domefday. 
HANG'CLIFF, a remarkable point of land on the 
eaft coaft of the l'argeft of the Shetland Iflands. It is 
frequently the firft land feen by (hips in northern voy¬ 
ages. Lat. 60. 9. N. Ion. 56. 30. W. 
HAN'GER,/. That by which any thing hangs p as, 
the pot hanger. ». 
HAN'GER, f. A (hort broad fwofd, iucurvated to¬ 
wards the point.—1 clothed rriyfelf in my beft apparel, 
girded on my hanger, (tuck my piftols loaded in my belt. 
Smo/iet. 
HAN'GER-ON', f. A dependant, one who eats and 
drinks without payment.—He is a perpetual hanger-on, 
yet nobody knows how to be without him. Swift. 
HAN'GEST, a town of France, in the department of 
the Somme, and chief glace of a canton,-in the diftriftof 
Montdidier : two leagues and a half north of Montdidier. 
HANGING,/. The aft of fixing any thing fo as not 
to reft on the ground. The aft of putting to death by 
the halter. That which is hungup for ornamentdraff 
pery fattened againft the walls of a room for ornament • 
'Now purple hangings cloath the palace walls, 
And fumptuous feafts are made in lplendid halls. Dryd. 
Any tiling that hangs to. another. Not in ufe: 
A ftorm, or robbery, or call it what you will. 
Shook down my mellow hangings, nay my leaves, 
And left me bare to weather. Skahefpeare. 
Death by a halter : 
Slander or poifon dread from Delia’s rage. 
Hard words or hanging, if your judge be Page. Pope. 
To drag ; to be incbmmodioufly joined : 
In my Lucia’s abfence 
Life hangs upon me, and becomes a burden. Addifon. 
To be compaft or united; with together. —In'the. com¬ 
mon caufe we are all of a piece : we hang together. Dry den. 
—To adhere, unwelcomely or incommodioufly.—Shining 
landfkips, gilded triumphs, and beautiful faces, difperle 
that oloominefs which is apt to hang upon the mind in 
difconfolate feafons. Addifon .—To reft ; to refide : 
Sleep Jfhall neither night nor day 
Hang upon his penthoufe lid. Skahefpeare. 
To be in fufpenceg to be in a ftate of uncertainty.—Thy 
life (hall hhng in doubt before thee, and thou (halt fear 
day and night, and (halt have none affurance of thy life. 
Deuteronomy. 
To be delayed ; to linger : 
She thrice effay’d to fpeak : her accents hung, 
And fault’ring dy’d unfinilh’don her tongue. Dryden. 
To be dependant on : 
Oh, how wretched 
Is that poor man that hangs on princes’ favours ! Shahejp . 
To be fixed or fufpended with attention: 
Though wand’ring fenates hung on all he fpoke, 
The club muft hail him mafter of the joke. Pope. 
To have a deep declivity.J-Suffex marl (hews itfelf on 
HANG'ING, part. adj. Foreboding death by the hal¬ 
ter._Surely, fir, a gopd favour you have ; but that you 
have a hanging look. Skahefpeare. 
What ffEthiops lips he has! 
How full a fnout, and what a hanging face ! Dryden. 
Requiring to.be puniftied by the halter ; a hanging matter. 
HANG'ING-PEAR, f. A kind'of pear which ripens 
about the end of September. Bailey. 
HANG'ING-SHAW'LAW, a hill of Scotland, in the 
county of Selkirk : four miles and a half north-weft of 
^"HANG'ING-SLEEVES, / Two (tripes of the fame 
fluff with a girl’s gown, which, hanging down the back 
from the fhoulders, ufed to be worn by girls under twelve 
years old.—Thefe miftakes are to be left off with your 
hanging-fee'oes. Marq. of Halifax. . 
H ANG'M AN,/ The public executioner.—The hang, 
man is generally a worfe malefaftor than the criminal 
that fuffers by his hand. Addifon. 
Who makes that noife there ? who are you ? 
_Your friend, fir, the hangman. Skahefpeare. ’ 
A term of reproach, either ferious or ludicrous.—He 
hath twice or thrice cut Cupid’s bowftring, and the lit¬ 
tle hangman dare not (hoot at him. Skahefpeare. 
One cried God blefs us! and Amen! the other 5 
As they had feen me with thefe hangman's hand £: . 
