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, 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.

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.]

Of or pertaining to Hanover or its people, or to the House of Hanover in England.

See 2d Hanse.

A merchant of one of the Hanse towns. See the Note under 2d Hanse.

An association; a league or confederacy. Hanse towns (Hist.), certain commercial cities in Germany which associated themselves for the protection and enlarging of their commerce. The confederacy, called also Hansa and Hanseatic league, held its first diet in 1260, and was maintained for nearly four hundred years. At on…

Pertaining to the Hanse towns, or to their confederacy. Hanseatic league. See under 2d Hanse.

See Handsel.

A sort of breeches. [Obs..] Chaucer.

driver's seat elevated behind, the reins being passed over the top. He hailed a cruising hansom . . . " 'Tis the gondola of London," said Lothair. Beaconsfield.