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ds in place the end of a boom, spar, or yard in a ship; a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge with the land on either side to prevent lateral swaying; a rod or rope attached to the top of a structure, as of a derrick, and extending obliquely to the ground, where it is fastened.

To fasten in a manner which will allow of free motion upon the point or points of suspension; -- said of a pendulum, a swing, a door, gate, etc.

Death by suspension; execution by a halter.

The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.

A day fixed by law for suspension of business; a legal holiday.

orm of sleep or somnambulism brought on by artificial means, in which there is an unusual suspension of some powers, and an unusual activity of others. It is induced by an action upon the nerves, through the medium of the senses, as in persons of very feeble organization, by gazing steadly at a very bright object held…

Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension.

workshop by an employer, usually in order to bring the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages.

A morbid suspension of good sense or judgment, as through fanaticism. Dr. H. More.

duty in all cases to the existing government. -- Passive prayer, among mystic divines, a suspension of the activity of the soul or intellectual faculties, the soul remaining quiet, and yielding only to the impulses of grace. -- Passive verb, or Passive voice (Gram.), a verb, or form of a verb, which expresses the eff…

A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock. See Suspension.

cted with the posterior nares, but serves to connect the palatine bones with the point of suspension of the lower jaw. -- Pterygoid process (Anat.), a process projecting downward from either side of the sphenoid bone, in man divided into two plates, an inner and an outer. The posterior nares pass through the space, ca…

Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school. The recess of . . . Parliament lasted six weeks. Macaulay.

A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death. The morning Sir John Hotham was to die, a reprieve was sent to suspend the execution for three days. Clarendon.

Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.

re tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards.

To raise from coma,, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension. Those gracious words revive my drooping thoughts. Shak. Your coming, friends, revives me. Milton.

To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing. A government, on such occasions, is always thick before it settles. Addison.

A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of proceedings. Burril.