Vocabulary : Hangbird to Hangmanship

Hangbird : The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula); -- so called because its nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. See Baltimore oriole.
Hang-by : A dependent; a hanger-on; -- so called in contempt.
Hangdog : Low; sneaking; ashamed.
Hanged : of Hang
Hanger : One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman. ;; That by which a thing is suspended. ;; A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended. ;; A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft. ;; A bridle iron. ;; That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword. ;; A steep, wooded declivity.

Hanger-on : 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.
Hangers-on : of Hanger-on
Hanging : of Hang ;; Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter. ;; Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves. ;; Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges. ;; The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended. ;; Death by suspension; execution by a halter. ;; That which is hung as lining or drapery for the walls of a room, as tapestry, paper, etc., or to cover or drape a door or window; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Hangman : 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.
Hangmanship : The office or character of a hangman.

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