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That which is written by hand; manuscript. The handwriting on the wall, a doom pronounced; an omen of disaster. Dan. v. 5.

of free motion upon the point or points of suspension; -- said of a pendulum, a swing, a door, gate, etc.

-- 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.…

uge; a shelter. [A grove] fair harbour that them seems. Spenser. For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked. Dryden.

er a staple, and is fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a metallic hook for fastening a door.

A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge. In at the window, or else o'er the hatch. Shak.

To persist in staying or visiting. I've charged thee not to haunt about my doors. Shak.

The bolt or latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.]

The post to which a gate or door is hinged.

ion made from blood, mixed with mineral or vegetable substances, used for making buttons, door knobs, etc.

by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani language which is chiefly spoken by native Hindoos. In employs the Devanagari character, in which Sanskrit is written. Whitworth.

Same as Hindoo.

The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on. The gate self-opened wide, On golden hinges turning. Milton.

loa borealis and H. alpina). In the north of Europe it was formerly strewed before church doors on saints' days; whence the name. It is common in the northern and western parts of the United States. Called also vanilla, or Seneca, grass. -- Holy Innocents' day, Childermas day. -- Holy Land, Palestine, the birthplace…

That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.

That part of the architrave which is over a door or window.

Accusable; culpable. [R.] The fault lies at his door, and she is no wise imputable. Ayliffe.

e; to inclose; to cover or surround with something solid. Rich plates of gold the folding doors incase. Pope.

r tyrant; an inexorable judge. "Inexorable equality of laws." Gibbon. "Death's inexorable doom." Dryden. You are more inhuman, more inexorable, O, ten times more than tigers of Hyrcania. Shak.

on or people. Have you no touch of pity, that the poor Stand starved at your inhospitable door Cowper.