HANGER

n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.

2.
n.

That by which a thing is suspended. Especially:

3.
n.

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

4.
n.

A bridle iron.

5.
n.

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

6.
n.

A steep, wooded declivity. [Eng.] Gilbert White.


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