Hanger

·noun A bridle iron.

II. Hanger ·noun A steep, wooded declivity.

III. Hanger ·noun That by which a thing is suspended.

IV. Hanger ·noun One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.

V. Hanger ·noun A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.

VI. Hanger ·noun A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. ·see ·Illust. of Countershaft.

VII. Hanger ·noun That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.

hanger
The old word for the Persian dagger, and latterly for a short curved sword. ...

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Hanger-on
·noun One who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service; a dependent; one who adheres to o...

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On-hanger
·noun A hanger-on. ...

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hanger on
A dependant. ...

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hanger-on
A dependant; one who eats and drinks without payment.--Johnson. They all excused themselves save tw...

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cable-hanger
A term applied to any person catching oysters in the river Medway, not free of the fishery, and who ...

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