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1. One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.
2. That by which a thing is suspended. Especially: A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
<machinery> A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs.
3. That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.
(01 Mar 1998)
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