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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Indentation \In`den*ta"tion\, n. 1. The act of indenting or state of being indented. 2. A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything as the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc 3. A recess or sharp depression in any surface. 4. (Print.) a The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph. b The measure of the distance; as an indentation of one em or of two ems. {Hanging}, or {Reverse}, {indentation}, indentation of all the lines of a paragraph except the first which is a full line From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hang \Hang\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hanged} (h?ngd) or {Hung}; p. pr & vb n. {Hanging}. Usage: The use of hanged is preferable to that of hung, when reference is had to death or execution by suspension, and it is also more common.] [OE. hangen, hangien, v. t. & i., AS hangian, v. i., fr h?n, v. t. (imp. heng, p. p. hongen); akin to OS hang?n, v. i. D. hangen, v. t. & i., G. hangen, v. i, h["a]ngen, v. t, Isel hanga, v. i., Goth. h[=a]han, v. t. (imp. ha['i]hah), h[=a]han, v. i. (imp. hahaida), and perh. to L. cunctari to delay. [root]37. ] 1. To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out as to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sign; to hang out a banner. 2. To fasten in a manner which will allow of free motion upon the point or points of suspension; -- said of a pendulum, a swing, a door, gate, etc 3. To fit properly, as at a proper angle (a part of an implement that is swung in using), as a scythe to its snath, or an ax to its helve. [U. S.] 4. To put to death by suspending by the neck; -- a form of capital punishment; as to hang a murderer. 5. To cover, decorate, or furnish by hanging pictures trophies, drapery, and the like or by covering with paper hangings; -- said of a wall, a room etc Hung be the heavens with black. --Shak. And hung thy holy roofs with savage spoils. --Dryden. 6. To paste, as paper hangings, on the walls of a room 7. To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect; to droop; as he hung his head in shame. Cowslips wan that hang the pensive head. --Milton. {To hang down}, to let fall below the proper position; to bend down to decline as to hang down the head, or elliptically, to hang the head. {To hang fire} (Mil.), to be slow in communicating fire through the vent to the charge; as the gun hangs fire; hence to hesitate, to hold back as if in suspense. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hanging \Hang"ing\, n. 1. The act of suspending anything the state of being suspended. 2. Death by suspension; execution by a halter. 3. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hanging \Hang"ing\, a. 1. Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter. ``What a hanging face!'' --Dryden. 2. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hanging adj : supported from above; "the child dabbled his dangling feet in the water"; "fuchsias in hanging pots"; "pendent bunches of grapes"; "a suspended fireplace" [syn: {dangling(a)}, {pendent}, {pendant}, {suspended}] n 1: something that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window; "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings" [syn: {wall hanging}] 2: a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead; "in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment" 3: the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely); "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait" [syn: {suspension}, {dangling}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Hanging (as a punishment), a mark of infamy inflicted on the dead bodies of criminals (Deut. 21:23) rather than our modern mode of punishment. Criminals were first strangled and then hanged (Nu. 25:4; Deut. 21:22). (See 2 Sam. 21:6 for the practice of the Gibeonites.) Hanging (as a curtain). (1.) Heb. masak, a before the entrance to the court of the tabernacle (Ex. 35:17); b before the door of the tabernacle (26:36, 37); c before the entrance to the most holy place called "the veil of the covering" (35:12; 39:34), as the word properly means (2.) Heb. kelaim, tapestry covering the walls of the tabernacle (Ex. 27:9; 35:17; Num. 3:26) to the half of the height of the wall (Ex. 27:18; comp. 26:16). These hangings were fastened to pillars. (3.) Heb. bottim (2 Kings 23:7), "hangings for the grove" (R.V., "for the Asherah"); marg., instead of "hangings," has tents" or "houses." Such curtained structures for idolatrous worship are also alluded to in Ezek. 16:16.
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