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Hang

from below often used with up or out as to hang a coat on a hook to hang up a sign

hang

hang hung also: hanged hang·ing vt : to suspend by the

Hanging in chains

Hanging in chains. In atrocious cases it was at one time

Hanging

Hanging. See CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.

Hanged, drawn and quartered

Hanged, drawn and quartered. See TREASON.

Droop

To hang bending downward to sink or hang down as an animal

Gibbet

gibet, Fr.], a gallows; but post on which malefactors are hanged, or on which their bodies are exposed after death-a practice

Gallows

either one or two posts, from which male factors are hanged. See EXECUTION OF CRIMINALS. A wooden frame consisting of two

Slouch

A hanging down of the head a drooping attitude a limp appearance

Hangman

One who hangs another esp one who makes a business of hanging a

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