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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Hăng'er, n.

noun

n. 1. One who, or that which, hangs, or causes to be suspended.

  1. That which hangs or is suspended; specifically, a short, broad sword, incurvated toward the point.
  2. That by which a thing is suspended; especially (Mach.) a part that suspends a journal-box in which the shafting of factories, &c., runs. [See Ilust. of Pulley.]