uphangv.
1. intransitive. To hang on high.
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the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > hang or be suspended [verb (intransitive)]
hangc1000
resta1350
loll?c1418
uphangc1440
suspend1598
swing1641
swingle1755
string1885
c1440 [see uphanging n. at Derivatives].
2. transitive. To hang up, suspend.
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the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > hang or suspend [verb (transitive)]
ahangOE
hangc1000
to hang upa1400
knagc1400
peisea1425
suspendc1440
swing1529
sling1697
uphang1748
gibbet1749
1555 [see uphanged adj. at Derivatives].
1591 E. Spenser tr. J. du Bellay Visions in Complaints vi Soone on a tree vphang'd I saw her spoyle.
1748 W. Shenstone School-mistress xiv, in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems (ed. 2) I. 253 How Israel's sons.., untuning ev'ry string, Up hung their useless lyres.
a1788 T. Russell Sonnets & Misc. Poems (1789) 1 Stern Chivalry her idle spear uphung.
1860 Ld. Lytton Lucile ii. v. §4. 10 When soft stars were brightly uphanging the night.
Derivatives
upˈhanged adj.
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the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [adjective]
yhongeOE
uphunga1400
suspensec1440
hanging1483
uphanged1555
hung1663
suspended1796
swung1812
suspensive1827
overhung1868
1555 Lydgate's Auncient Hist. Warres betwixte Grecians & Troyans i. 2242 Thus she stode in doubtfull Jeopardy, Of loue and shame.., Full euenly vphanged in balaunce.
upˈhanging n.
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the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun]
hangingc1400
suspension1656
uphanging1861
c1440 Ps. Penit. (1894) 32 Thu were offred uphongyng, For mannes sake on rode tre.
1861 Macmillan's Mag. June 128 To build a stone-pier for the uphanging of great coats or hats.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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