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Resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended; - - said of a sliding door. Forney.

Of an automobile body, suspended from the springs in such a manner that the frame of the chassis is below the axles, the object being to lower the center of gravity of the car.

g modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get, gat, got; sing, song; hang, hung. Earle.

stopping at all or nearly all stations. -- Accommodation ladder (Naut.), a light ladder hung over the side of a ship at the gangway, useful in ascending from, or descending to, small boats.

To afflict with, or perish from, hunger. [Obs.] Spenser.

orris. Cf. man-kind, heir-loom, war-like, which are agglutinative compounds. The Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, the Tamul, etc., are agglutinative languages. R. Morris. Agglutinative languages preserve the consciousness of their roots. Max Müller.

gth; in a line with the length; lengthwise. Some laid along . . . on spokes of wheels are hung. Dryden.

ater rarity than the skeleton of a man in full stature. Fuller. They brought one Pinch, a hungry, lean-faced villain, A mere anatomy. Shak.

Destroying the appetite, or suspending hunger.

been added. -- Apostolic king (or majesty), a title granted by the pope to the kings of Hungary on account of the extensive propagation of Christianity by St. Stephen, the founder of the royal line. It is now a title of the emperor of Austria in right of the throne of Hungary. -- Apostolic see, a see founded and gov…

(anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst.

Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger. Men must have appetite before they will eat. Buckle.

To make hungry; to whet the appetite of. Sir W. Scott.

Red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays. Arming press (Bookbinding), a press for stamping titles and designs on the covers of books.

use to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight. [Obs.] He by the heels him hung upon a tree, And baffled so, that all which passed by The picture of his punishment might see. Spenser.

The state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even adjustment; steadiness. And hung a bottle on each side To make his balance true. Cowper. The order and balance of the country were destroyed. Buckle. English workmen completely lose their balance. J. S. Mill.

An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia.

A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower. [Obs.]

e little reason to think that they bring many ideas with them, bating some faint ideas of hunger and thirst. Locke.

A room in a tower in which a bell is or may be hung; or a cupola or turret for the same purpose.