| Hinge (hinge) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Hinge |
| [OE. henge,
heeng; akin to D. heng, LG. henge, Prov. E.
hingle a small hinge; connected with hang, v., and
Icel. hengja to hang. See Hang.]
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The hook with its eye, or the joint, on
which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as
a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on.
That on which anything turns or depends; a
governing principle; a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was
the hinge on which the question turned.
One of the four cardinal points, east,
west, north, or south.
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To attach by, or furnish
with, hinges.
To bend.
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| Hinge (hinge) |
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| v. i. | (?) |
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| Hinge |
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To stand, depend,
hang, or turn, as on a hinge] to depend chiefly for a result or
decision or for force and validity; -- usually with on or
upon; as, the argument hinges on this point.
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