PENDENT

a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous; hanging; as, a pendent leaf. "The pendent world." Shak. Often their tresses, when shaken, with pendent icicles tinkle. Longfellow.

2.
a.

Jutting over; projecting; overhanging. "A vapor sometime like a . . . pendent rock." Shak.


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