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A child's play, one child guessing in which closed hand the other holds some small object, winning the object if right and forfeiting an equivalent if wrong; hence, forfeit. Piers Plowman.

A fight with the hands; boxing. "Pollux loves handyfights." B. Jonson.

Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; also, close quarters in fighting. Hudibras.

A blow with the hand.

See Handiwork.

n to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sign; to hang out a banner.

A dependent; a hanger-on; -- so called in contempt. B. Jonson.

The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula); -- so called because its nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. See Baltimore oriole.

, Low; sneaking; ashamed. The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look. Thackeray.

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

One who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service; a dependent; one who adheres to others' society longer than he is wanted. Goldsmith.

Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter. "What a hanging face!" Dryden.

One who hangs another; esp., one who makes a business of hanging; a public executioner; -- sometimes used as a term of reproach, without reference to office. Shak.

The office or character of a hangman.

A small piece or silver of skin which hangs loose, near the root of finger nail. Holloway.

A nest that hangs like a bag or pocket.

Hold; influence. When the devil hath got such a hank over him. Bp. Sanderson.

To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; -- usually with for or after; as, to hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town. Addison. He was hankering to join his friend. J. A. Symonds.

In a hankering manner.

Professional cant; the chatter of conjurers to divert attention from their tricks; hence, jugglery. [Colloq.]