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Hanging
Adjective
- Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter. What a hanging face!" Dryden.
- Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.
3. Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges. Hanging compass, a compass suspended so that the card may be read from beneath. -- Hanging garden, a garden sustained at an artificial elevation by any means, as by the terraces at Babylon. -- Hanging indentation. See under Indentation. -- Hanging rail (Arch.), that rail of a door or casement to which hinges are attached. -- Hanging side (Mining), the overhanging side of an inclined or hading vein. -- Hanging sleeves. (a) Strips of the same stuff as the gown, hanging down the back from the shoulders. (b) Loose, flowing sleeves. -- Hanging stile. (Arch.) (a) That stile of a door to which hinges are secured. (b) That upright of a window frame to which casements are hinged, or in which the pulleys for sash windows are fastened. -- Hanging wall (Mining), the upper wall of inclined vein, or that which hangs over the miner's head when working in the vein.
Hanging
Noun
- The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.
- Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
- 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.
Nor purple hangings clothe the palace walls. Dryden.
Hangman
Noun
Plural: Hangmen
- One who hangs another; esp., one who makes a business of hanging; a public executioner; -- sometimes used as a term of reproach, without reference to office. Shak.
Hangmanship
Noun
- The office or character of a hangman.
Hangnail
Noun
[A corruption of agnail.] A small piece or silver of skin which hangs loose, near the root of finger nail. Holloway.
Hangnest
Noun
- A nest that hangs like a bag or pocket.
- A bird which builds such a nest; a hangbird.
Hank
Noun
[Cf. Dan. hank handle, Sw. hank a band or tie, Icel. hanki hasp, clasp, hönk, hangr, hank, coil, skein, G. henkel, henk, handle; ar prob. akin to E. hang. See Hang.]
- A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.
- A rope or withe for fastening a gate. [Prov. Eng.]
- Hold; influence.
When the devil hath got such a hank over him. Bp. Sanderson.
- (Naut.) A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay.
Hank
Transitive verb
[OE. hanken.]
- To fasten with a rope, as a gate. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
- To form into hanks.
Hanker
Intransitive verb
[Imperfect and past participle: Hankered ;
Present participle Hankering.] [Prob. fr. hang; cf. D. hunkeren, hengelen.]
1. To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; -- usually with for or after; as, to hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town. Addison. He was hankering to join his friend. J. A. Symonds.
2. To linger in expectation or with desire. Thackeray.
Hankeringly
Adjverb
In a hankering manner.
Hankey-pankey
Noun
[Cf. Hocus-pocus.] Professional cant; the chatter of conjurers to divert attention from their tricks; hence, jugglery. [Colloq.]
Hanoverian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Hanover or its people, or to the House of Hanover in England.
Hanoverian
Noun
A native or naturalized inhabitant of Hanover; one of the House of Hanover.
Han sa
Noun
See 2d Hanse.
Hansard
Noun
An official report of proceedings in the British Parliament; -- so called from the name of the publishers.
Hansard
Noun
A merchant of one of the Hanse towns. See the Note under 2d Hanse.
Hanse
Noun
[Cf. F. anse handle, anse de panier surbased arch, flat arch, vault, and E. haunch hip.] (Arch.) That part of an elliptical or many-centered arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost.
Hanse
Noun
[G. hanse, or F. hanse (from German), OHG. & Goth. hansa; akin to AS. hs band, troop.] An association; a league or confederacy. Hanse towns (Hist.), certain commercial cities in Germany which associated themselves for the protection and enlarging of their commerce. The confederacy, called also Hansa and Hanseatic league , held its first diet in 1260, and was maintained for nearly four hundred years. At one time the league comprised eighty-five cities. Its remnants, L\'81beck, Hamburg, and Bremen, are free cities, and are still frequently called Hanse towns.
Hanseatic
Adjective
Pertaining to the Hanse towns, or to their confederacy. Hanseatic league. See under 2d Hanse.
Hansel
Noun and verb
See Handsel.
Hanselines
Noun
A sort of breeches. [Obs..] Chaucer.
Hansom, Hansom cab
Noun
[From the name of the inventor.] A light, low, two-wheeled covered carriage with the driver's seat elevated behind, the reins being passed over the top.
He hailed a cruising hansom . . . 'Tis the gondola of London," said Lothair. Beaconsfield.
Han't
- A contraction of have not, or has not, used in illiterate speech. In the United States the commoner spelling is hain't.
Hanuman
Noun
See Hoonoomaun.
Hap
Transitive verb
[OE.happen.] To clothe; to wrap. The surgeon happed her up carefully. Dr. J. Brown.
Hap
Noun
[Cf. Hap to clothe.] A cloak or plaid. [O. Eng. & Scot.]
Hap
Noun
[Icel. happ unexpected good luck. .] That which happens or comes suddenly or unexpectedly; also, the manner of occurrence or taking place; chance; fortune; accident; casual event; fate; luck; lot. Chaucer. Whether art it was or heedless hap. Spenser. Cursed be good haps, and cursed be they that build Their hopes on haps. Sir P. Sidney. Loving goes by haps: Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. Shak.
Hap
Intransitive verb
[OE. happen. See Hap chance, and cf. Happen.] To happen; to befall; to chance. Chaucer. Sends word of all that haps in Tyre. Shak.
Hap'penny
Noun
A half-penny.
Haphazard
Noun
[Hap + hazard.] Extra hazard; chance; accident; random. We take our principles at haphazard, upon trust. Locke.
Hapless
Adjective
Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy; as, hapless youth; hapless maid. Dryden.
Haplessly
Adjverb
In a hapless, unlucky manner.
Haplomi
Noun
pl. [NL., fr. Gr. simple + shoulder.] (Zoöl.) An order of freshwater fishes, including the true pikes, cyprinodonts, and blindfishes.
Hallostemonous
Adjective
[Gr. simple + a thread.] (Bot.) Having but one series of stamens, and that equal in number to the proper number of petals; isostemonous.
Haply
Adjverb
By hap, chance, luck, or accident; perhaps; it may be. Lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. Acts v. 39.
Happed
Past participle
[From 1st Hap.] Wrapped; covered; cloaked. [Scot.] All happed with flowers in the green wood were. Hogg.
Happen
Intransitive verb
[Imperfect and past participle: Happened ;
Present participle Happening.] [OE. happenen, hapnen. See Hap to happen.]
1. To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out. There shall no evil happen to the just. Prov. xii. 21. 2. To take place; to occur. All these things which had happened. Luke xxiv. 14. To happen on, to meet with; to fall or light upon. I have happened on some other accounts." Graunt. -- To happen in, to make a casual call. [Colloq.]
Happily
Adjverb
[From Happy.] 1. By chance; peradventure; haply. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. 2. By good fortune; fortunately; luckily. Preferred by conquest, happily o'erthrown. Waller. 3. In a happy manner or state; in happy circumstances; as, he lived happily with his wife. 4. With address or dexterity; gracefully; felicitously; in a manner to success; with success. Formed by thy converse, happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe. Pope. Syn. -- Fortunately; luckily; successfully; prosperously; contentedly; dexterously; felicitously.
Happiness
Noun
[From Happy.]
1. Good luck; good fortune; prosperity. All happiness bechance to thee in Milan! Shak.
2. An agreeable feeling or condition of the soul arising from good fortune or propitious happening of any kind; the possession of those circumstances or that state of being which is attended enjoyment; the state of being happy; contentment; joyful satisfaction; felicity; blessedness.
3. Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace; -- used especially of language. Some beauties yet no precepts can declare, For there's a happiness, as well as care. Pope. Syn. -- Happiness, Felicity, Blessedness, Bliss. Happiness is generic, and is applied to almost every kind of enjoyment except that of the animal appetites; felicity is a more formal word, and is used more sparingly in the same general sense, but with elevated associations; blessedness is applied to the most refined enjoyment arising from the purest social, benevolent, and religious affections; bliss denotes still more exalted delight, and is applied more appropriately to the joy anticipated in heaven. O happiness! our being's end and aim! Pope. Others in virtue place felicity, But virtue joined with riches and long life; In corporal pleasures he, and careless ease. Milton. His overthrow heaped happiness upon him; For then, and not till then, he felt himself, And found the blessedness of being little. Shak.
Harangue
Noun
[F. harangue: cf. Sp. arenda, It. aringa; lit., a speech before a multitude or on the hustings, It. aringo arena, hustings, pulpit; all fr. OHG. hring ring, anything round, ring of people, G. ring. See Ring.] A speech addressed to a large public assembly; a popular oration; a loud address a multitude; in a bad sense, a noisy or pompous speech; declamation; ranting. Gray-headed men and grave, with warriors mixed, Assemble, and harangues are heard. Milton. Syn. -- Harangue, Speech, Oration. Speech is generic; an oration is an elaborate and rhetorical speech; an harangue is a vehement appeal to the passions, or a noisy, disputatious address. A general makes an harangue to his troops on the eve of a battle; a demagogue harangues the populace on the subject of their wrongs.
Harangue
Intransitive verb
[Imperfect and past participle: Harangued ;
Present participle Haranguing.] [Cf. F. haranguer, It. aringare.] To make an harangue; to declaim.
Harangue
Transitive verb
To address by an harangue.
Harangueful
Adjective
Full of harangue.
Haranguer
Noun
One who harangues, or is fond of haranguing; a declaimer. With them join'd all th' harangues of the throng, That thought to get preferment by the tongue. Dryden.
Harass
Transitive verb
[Imperfect and past participle: Harassed ;
Present participle Harassing.] [F. harasser; cf. OF. harace a basket made of cords, harace, harasse,a very heavy and large shield; or harer to set (a dog) on.] To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out.
[Troops] harassed with a long and wearisome march. Bacon.
Nature oppressed and harass'd out with care. Addison.
Vext with lawyers and harass'd with debt. Tennyson. Syn. -- To weary; jade; tire; perplex; distress; tease; worry; disquiet; chafe; gall; annoy; irritate; plague; vex; molest; trouble; disturb; torment.
Harass
1. Devastation; waste. [Obs.] Milton. 2. Worry; harassment. [R.] Byron.
Harasser
Noun
One who harasses.
Harassment
Noun
The act of harassing, or state of being harassed; worry; annoyance; anxiety. Little harassments which I am led to suspect do occasionally molest the most fortunate. Ld. Lytton.
Harberous
Adjective
Harborous. [Obs.] A bishop must be faultless, the husband of one wife, honestly appareled, harberous. Tyndale (1 Tim. iii. 2)
Harbinger
Noun
[OE. herbergeour, OF. herbergeor one who provides lodging, fr. herbergier to provide lodging, F. héberger, OF. herberge lodging, inn, F. auberge; of German origin. See Harbor.]
1. One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings. Fuller.
2. A forerunner; a precursor; a messenger. I knew by these harbingers who were coming. Landor.
Harbinger
Transitive verb
[Imperfect and past participle: Harbingered ;
Present participle Harbingering.] To usher in; to be a harbinger of. Thus did the star of religious freedom harbinger the day." Bancroft.
Harbor
Noun
[Written also harbour.] [OE herbor, herberwe, herberge, Icel. herbergi (cf. OHG. heriberga), orig., a shelter for soldiers; herr army + bjarga to save, help, defend; akin to AS. here army, G. heer, OHG. heri, Goth. harjis, and AS. beorgan to save, shelter, defend, G. bergen. See Harry, 2d Bury, and cf. Harbinger.] 1. A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter. [A grove] fair harbour that them seems. Spenser. For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked. Dryden. 2. Specif.: A lodging place; an inn. [Obs.] Chaucer. 3. (Astrol.) The mansion of a heavenly body. [Obs.] 4. A portion of a sea, a lake, or other large body of water, either landlocked or artificially protected so as to be a place of safety for vessels in stormy weather; a port or haven.
