When the moon is in the hinge at East.
Creech.
Nor slept the winds . . . but rushed abroad.
Milton.
Hinge joint. (a) (Anat.) See Ginglymus. (b) (Mech.) Any joint
resembling a hinge, by which two pieces are connected so as to permit
relative turning in one plane. -- To be off the hinges, to be in a
state of disorder or irregularity; to have lost proper adjustment.
Tillotson.
Hinge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hinged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hinging (?).] 1.
To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.