HANG'ING, participle present tense Suspending to something above. 1. Being suspended; dangling; swinging. 2. Foreboding death by the halter. What a hanging face! 3. Requiring punishment by the halter; as a hanging matter. HANG'ING, noun Any kind of drapery hung or fastened to the walls or a room, by way of ornament. No purple hangings clothe the palace walls. 1. Death by the halter; as hard words or hanging 2. Display; exhibition.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI