Hand"y-dan`dy (-dn`d), n. A child's play, one child guessing in which
closed hand the other holds some small object, winning the object if
right and forfeiting an equivalent if wrong; hence, forfeit. Piers
Plowman.
Hand"y*fight` (-ft), n. A fight with the hands; boxing. "Pollux loves
handyfights." B. Jonson.
Hand"y*gripe` (-grp`), n. Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; also,
close quarters in fighting. Hudibras.
Hand"y*stroke` (-strk`), n. A blow with the hand.
Hand"y*work` (-w˚rk`), n. See Handiwork.
Hang (hng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hanged (hngd) or Hung (hng); p. pr. &
vb. n. Hanging. The use of hanged is preferable to that of hung, when
reference is had to death or execution by suspension, and it is also
more common.] [OE. hangen, hongien, v. t. & i., AS. hangian, v. i., fr.
hn, v. t. (imp. heng, p. p. hongen); akin to OS. hangn, v. i., D.
hangen, v. t. & i., G. hangen, v. i., h‰ngen, v. t., Icel. hanga, v.
i., Goth. hhan, v. t. (imp. haÌhah), hhan, v. i. (imp. hahaida), and
perh. to L. cunctari to delay. √37. ] 1. To suspend; to fasten to
some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up
or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sign; to hang out a
banner.
2. To fasten in a manner which will allow of free motion upon the point
or points of suspension; -- said of a pendulum, a swing, a door, gate,
etc.
3. To fit properly, as at a proper angle (a part of an implement that
is swung in using), as a scythe to its snath, or an ax to its helve.
[U. S.]
4. To put to death by suspending by the neck; -- a form of capital
punishment; as, to hang a murderer.
5. To cover, decorate, or furnish by hanging pictures, trophies,
drapery, and the like, or by covering with paper hangings; -- said of a
wall, a room, etc.
Hung be the heavens with black.
Shak.
And hung thy holy roofs with savage spoils.
Dryden.