pendent

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PEND'ENT, adjective [Latin pendens.] Hanging; fastened at one end, the other being loose. With ribbons pendent flaring about her head. 1. Jutting over; projecting; as a pendant rock. 2. Supported above the ground.
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