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well-hung, ppl. a.
1. a. Furnished with large pendent organs; spec. (of a man) having large genitals.
1611Cotgr., Oreillé, eared; well hung, or hangd; which hath great eares. 1681Dryden Abs. & Achit. i. 574 In the name of Dulness be The well-hung Balaam and cold Caleb free. 1823Egan Grose's Dict. Vulg. T. 1868Index Expurgatorius of Martial 3 In Rome well-hung youths made a good profit by their amours. 1958L. Durrell Balthazar v. 103 They love a well-hung diplomat. 1977D. Wiles Death Flight xviii. 177 Hey, man... You sure is well hung for a priest!
b. Decorated with rich hangings or tapestry.
a1667Cowley Ess. Verse & Pr. i. (1906) 389 A painted Cage; Or the false Forest of a well-hung Room.
2. Of the tongue: Working readily and freely; glib, fluent.
1678Quack's Acad. 6 If niggardly Nature or more penurious Education have not afforded you a Tongue well hung. 1790J. Fisher Poems 57 Be sure to keep a well hung tongue, Your knav'ry to defend. 1853Hickie Aristoph. (1872) II. 576 Thou well-hung tongue.
3. Suspended or attached so as to hang well. Said, e.g., of a window-sash, a carriage, a gate, a lady's skirt.
1762Sterne Tr. Shandy v. xvii, Susannah did not consider that nothing was well hung in our family,—so slap came the sash down like lightning upon us. 1771Smollett Humph. Cl. 26 June, The carriage is remarkably commodious and well hung. 1847Surtees Hawbuck Grange xi. 224 Some well-hung green gates. 1847Mrs. Gore Castles in Air I. x. 204 The light, easy, well-hung, well-finished barouche. 1896Daily News 4 July 6/3 Nothing is fresher or prettier than a well-hung skirt of white or cream colour.
4. Of meat or game: Hung up for a sufficient time.
1877Cassell's Dict. Cookery 1079/2 Well-hung four-year-old mutton. Ibid. 1080/1 A fine, well-hung neck of venison. |