hang-
the verb-stem used in comb. in various constructions; as hang-back, one who hangs back or hesitates; hang-bench (dial. hing-bench), in Lead-mining, a piece of timber forming part of a stow, which is pinned to the sole-tree by wooden pins; hang-choice, a choice between two evils; hang-fair (see quot.); hang-five, -ten Surfing = hanging five, ten (hanging ppl. a. 6); so to hang five, hang ten; hang-gallows, a. destined or fit for the gallows; n. a gallows-bird; hang-glider, (a) a suspension glider, controlled and stabilized by deliberate movements of the operator's body, which is suspended upright in the framework of the machine; (b) one who operates a hang-glider; hence [as a back-formation] hang-glide v. intr.; hang-gliding vbl. n.; hang-head a., that hangs its head; † hang-lipped a., having hanging or drooping lips; † hang-lock, a hanging lock, a padlock; hang-nest, a bird that constructs a pensile nest, a hangbird; hang-net, a kind of net which is set vertically; † hang-on, a hanger-on, a mean dependant; hang-out (slang): see quots.; † hang-rope, † hang-string, † hang-up = hang-gallows; hang-up slang, drawback, fault; difficulty, fixation, ‘thing’; also attrib.
| 1866 Public Opinion 31 Dec. 720 ‘You mean Emancipation!’ exclaim the *hang-backs. |
| 1653 E. Manlove Lead-mines 268 (E.D.S.) Stowes, Crosses, Holes, *Hange-benches. 1747 Hooson Miner's Dict. P iij b, The Sole-trees and Hang-benches are fastned together with Pins of Wood. 1851 Tapping Gloss. Derbysh. Lead-mining Terms (E.D.S.), Hange-benches or Hing-benches. |
| 1816 Scott Antiq. xxx, I hope Saint Patrick sung better than Blattergowl's precentor, or it would be *hang-choice between the poet and psalmist. |
| 1811 Southey in Q. Rev. VI. 283 Regarding an execution as a holiday, which..they call *hang-fair. |
| 1962 D. Muirhead Surfing in Hawaii viii. 80 (caption) Film-maker Walt Phillips *hangs five at Halewia, Hawaii. 1969 Observer 3 Aug. 35/1 He may ‘nose ride’, balancing on the very front of the board to achieve a ‘hang five’ or ‘hang ten’, with five or ten toes over the tip of the board. |
| 1785 Grose Dict. Vulg. Tongue, *Hang gallows look, a thieving or villainous appearance. 1790 By-stander 233 A hang gallows rascal without money. Ibid. 298, I was sent to Coventry, as an incorrigible hang gallows. 1828 Craven Dial., Hang-gallows, a villain; a proper subject or pendant for the gallows. |
| 1986 Washington Post 28 Feb. d5/1 You can polish up your banjo-playing at an Appalachian crafts workshop in West Virginia. Or learn to *hang-glide on the beach at Nags Head in North Carolina. |
| 1930 V. W. Pagé Henley's ABC of Gliding & Sailflying (1931) 202 On ‘*hang’ gliders the lateral and longitudinal stability and the angle of attack are controlled by shifting the weight of the pilot. 1969 K. Munson Pioneer Aircraft 1903–14 125/2 The unpowered D.1 was launched from a 4-wheel trolley chassis for its first take-off in 1907 with Colonel Capper aboard. However, when it was damaged in a crash-landing further tests were abandoned in favour of the D.3 ‘hang-glider’. 1972 Daily Tel. 7 June 13/8 Considerable interest is being revived in hang gliders and at least four groups are now working on prototype flying wings... They rely on the pilot's leg-work to become airborne and span and performance is limited by the power of the human shoulder. 1973 Sunday News (N.Y.) News Mag. 16 Sept. 28/1 ‘It is the most beautiful, the quietest, the cleanest sport,’ says one hang glider. 1973 Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 21 Aug. 16/3 She was flying a Black Hawk hang glider made of black plastic sheeting stretched on aircraft tubing and cable. It has a 38-foot wingspan and a 15-foot keel. 1978 Guardian 10 Apr. 2/4 Britain's 60 top hang-gliders spent the weekend 1,000ft. above the Sussex Downs. 1986 Washington Post 21 May Health 14/1 Type T personalities include not only hang gliders, mountain-climbers and round-the-world balloonists, but also artists, scientists and entrepreneurs. |
| 1971 Soaring June 3/1 The photograph is of Taras Kiceniuk, Jr. ‘*'ang glidin'’ in our group-owned Rogallo hang glider at Soledad Pass, California. 1972 Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 13 Oct. 10/3 In America the sport of ‘hang gliding’..is becoming extremely popular. 1973 Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 6 July 15/1 Hang gliding is the closest you can get to flying free. |
| 1871 G. Macdonald Wild Flowers in Wks. Fancy & Imag. III. 27 *Hang-head Bluebell. |
| 1574 Durham Depos. (Surtees) 313 She..did heare the said Janet Wilkinson call the said Katheryne ‘*hange lipped witche’. |
| 1411 Nottingham Rec. II. 86, j. *henglok, ijd. 1587 Vestry Bks. (Surtees) 26 Item given for a key to a hinge locke, jd. |
| 1713 Derham Phys. Theol. iv. xiii. 233 note, The Icterus minor, and the Jupujuba, or whatever other Name the American *Hang-nests may be called by. 1868 Wood Homes without H. xiii. 241 The Baltimore Oriole goes by many names..such as Hang Nest and Hanging Bird, from the beautiful pensile nest which it makes. |
| 1812 Agric. Surv. Dumfr. 605 (Jam.) *Hang-nets are larger in the mesh than any other nets, and are stretched upright between stakes of about ten feet long, placed at regular distances of about eight feet. 1873 Act 36 & 37 Vict. c. 71 §39 No byelaw made under the authority of this section shall limit the length of a hang net. |
| 1589 Hay any Work (1844) 45 Ungodly bishopps, with their *hangones and parasites. Ibid. 69 What is that you Bb. and your hangones will not saye by Walde-graue. |
| 1852 Bristed 5 Years in Eng. University (Farmer), The fourth of July I celebrated by a *hang-out. 1893 Farmer Slang, Hang out, a residence; a lodging; and (American university) a feast; an entertainment. 1895 Harper's Mag. Apr. 712/1 He [the tramp]..calls his clubhouse a hang-out. 1895 Century Mag. Oct. 943/1 In the afternoon some thirteen boys appeared at the ‘hang-out’. 1896 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 67/2 His wanderings ended..oftener in some distracting vagabond's ‘hang-out’ in a neighboring city. a 1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) II. x. 248 She avoided the tough places, the hang-outs of the gangs. 1951 R. Campbell Light on Dark Horses 244 But I had still another hang-out. That was the Harlequin Restaurant. 1957 New Yorker 5 Oct. 66/3 The most energetic dancer of her day, gyrating nightly at the Stork Club and other hangouts of the quality. 1960 Guardian 9 Nov. 8/6 Basement hangouts which have a vogue and then disappear. 1968 Globe & Mail Mag. (Toronto) 13 Jan. 7/3 It is 3 a.m. in a steam bath known as an after-midnight homosexual hangout. |
| 1570 Levins Manip. 170/6 *Handgrope, furcifer. |
| 1675 Cotton Scoffer Scoft 40 A pretty Child thou art..little *Hang-string. |
| 1963 Pix 28 Sept. 62/2 *Hang ten, ten toes over the nose of the board. 1967 New Yorker 25 Feb. 18/1 The endless Summer—A hang-ten documentary about surfing in various parts of the world. |
| 1562–3 Jack Juggler in Hazl. Dodsley II. 151 You have cause now to thank this same *hang-up. 1959 Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 16 Apr. 2/6 Man—Omnibus salutation extended to men, women, domestic animals—saves cool cat hangup of remembering names. 1967 A. Diment Dolly Dolly Spy ii. 27 Hash..is non-narcotic but whether..it leads you on to the hang up drugs I don't know. 1967 Melody Maker 27 May 10/6 All these hang-ups are eliminated by the truth—this is a great record. Ibid. 29 July 10/5 There are all sorts of hang-up noises going on in the background. 1967 Ottawa Jrnl. 31 May 39/2 Your husband's hang-up dates back to childhood and you must treat it as an illness, which it is most assuredly. 1967 Crescendo Dec. 27/4 He was always very kind and patient with me, as he was..with all people. A great degree of sensitivity to people's hang-ups, you know—he'd never put you on a spot. 1968 Melody Maker 22 June 2 The group didn't want the hang up of worrying about recording specific singles. 1968 Observer 22 Dec. 21/1 People have this hang-up about art. A woman will worry for days about spending money on a painting: is it a good investment, can she trust her own judgment? The same woman will spend {pstlg}150 on a dress..without giving it a thought. 1973 Black World Apr. 17/1 Depressing piece about pushers, junkies, whores and their hang-ups. |