(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hang
(a.) Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter.
(a.) Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.
(a.) Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging
post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges.
(n.) The act of suspending anything; the state of being
suspended.
(n.) Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
(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.
