What is the meaning of HANGING. Phrases containing HANGING
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A hanging
Gross, disgusting usu. used to describe a woman... "Jesus wept.... did you see that?? She was really hanging!" From the practice of hanging 'game' til high.
Boomer term that meant hocking your railroad watch
Hangings is British slang for the male genitalia.
A tall, whip, or halyard hanging loose from aloft.
Noose is hanging is Black−American slang for state of readiness
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Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.
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A rag, or a part torn and hanging; -- chiefly used in the plural.
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Assemblage of scenes; the paintings and hangings representing the scenes of a play; the disposition and arrangement of the scenes in which the action of a play, poem, etc., is laid; representation of place of action or occurence.
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To furnish (rooms, carriages, bedsteads, chairs, etc.) with hangings, coverings, cushions, etc.; to adorn with furnishings in cloth, velvet, silk, etc.; as, to upholster a couch; to upholster a room with curtains.
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A headdress worn by men in the Levant and by most Mohammedans of the male sex, consisting of a cap, and a sash, scarf, or shawl, usually of cotton or linen, wound about the cap, and sometimes hanging down the neck.
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One who provides hangings, coverings, cushions, curtains, and the like; one who upholsters.
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Bags, usually of leather, united by straps or a band, formerly much used by horseback riders to carry small articles, one bag hanging on each side.
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A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross with Christ hanging on it.
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A lock of wool hanging under the belly of a sheep.
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To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery.
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The practice of seeking after, and hanging on, noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities.
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To remove (something hanging or swinging) from that which supports it; as, to unhang a gate.
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A fall off the ladder at the gallows; a hanging; -- so called from the practice of causing the criminal to stand on a ladder which was turned over, so throwing him off, when the signal was given.
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Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges.
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Originally, a loosely hanging garment for women, worn like a cloak about the shoulders, and serving as a decorative appendage to the gown; now, an outer garment with sleeves, worn by women; as, a dressing sack.
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To divest or strip of hangings; to remove the hangings, as a room.
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A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical America. Tillandsia usneoides, called long moss, black moss, Spanish moss, and Florida moss, has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees. It is often used for stuffing mattresses.
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Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like, especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the floor.
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A piece of thick, nappy fabric, commonly made of wool, -- used for various purposes, as for covering and ornamenting part of a bare floor, for hanging in a doorway as a potiere, for protecting a portion of carpet, for a wrap to protect the legs from cold, etc.
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To execute by hanging; to hang; -- usually with up.
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