uphungadj.
Hung up, suspended.
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suspensec1440
hanging1483
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hung1663
suspended1796
swung1812
suspensive1827
overhung1868
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20912 Vphang his fette, his hed don, Naild on þe rod he was.
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 875 Take brawny bodied [foals],..Smale ballockyng, and euere short vphonge.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. xii. 116 On the proud pillaris..[he] maid [them] thar be vp hing.
1757 J. Dyer Fleece iii. 92 Oft the wet web is steep'd..: then, up-hung On rugged tenters,..Its level surface, reeking, it expands.
1805–6 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Inferno viii. 3 Our eyes Its height ascended, where we mark'd uphung Two cressets.
1867 M. Arnold Bacchanalia ii Uphung the spear, unbent the bow.
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