Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter H - Page 8
Handicap (v. t.) 妨礙，使不利[H]；給（較強選手）設置不利條件 To encumber with a handicap in any contest; hence, in general, to place at disadvantage; as, the candidate was heavily handicapped.
Handicap (n.) The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment" [syn: {disability}, {disablement}, {handicap}, {impairment}].
Handicap (n.) Advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning.
Handicap (n.) Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress [syn: {hindrance}, {hinderance}, {deterrent}, {impediment}, {balk}, {baulk}, {check}, {handicap}].
Handicap (v.) Injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident" [syn: {disable}, {invalid}, {incapacitate}, {handicap}].
Handicap (v.) Attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant.
Handicap (v.) Put at a disadvantage; "The brace I have to wear is hindering my movements" [syn: {handicap}, {hinder}, {hamper}].
Handicapped (a.) 有生理缺陷的，殘障的；智力低下的；handicap的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Suffering from a handicap (in senses 4 or 5); disabled; at a disadvantage.
Handicapped (a.) Incapable of functioning as a consequence of injury or illness [syn: {disabled}, {handicapped}]
Handicapped (n.) 殘障人士 People collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped; "technology to help the elderly and the disabled" [syn: {disabled}, {handicapped}].
Handicapper (n.) 裁判人員；（賽馬時）決定優劣條件之人 One who determines the conditions of a handicap.
Handicapper (n.) Someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race) [syn: odds-maker, handicapper].
Handicraft (n.) 手工藝，手藝 [P1]；手工藝品 [C] A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft. -- Addison.
Handicraft (n.) A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman. [R.] -- Dryden.
Handicraft (n.) A work produced by hand labor [syn: {handicraft}, {handcraft}, {handiwork}, {handwork}].
Handicraft (n.) A craft that requires skillful hands.
-men (n. pl. ) of Handi-craftsman
Handi-craftsman (n.) 手藝工人；巧手；工匠 A man skilled or employed in handcraft. -- Bacon.
Handily (adv.) 巧妙地，敏捷地，便利地 In a handy manner; skillfully; conveniently.
Handily (adv.) In a convenient manner; "the switch was conveniently located" [syn: {handily}, {conveniently}] [ant: {inconveniently}].
Handily (adv.) With no difficulty; "she beat him handily" [syn: {handily}, {hands down}].
Handiness (n.) [U] 手巧；靈巧；便利 The quality or state of being handy.
Handiness (n.) Skillfulness with the hands; "he can do any sort of work requiring handiness and dexterity".
Handiness (n.) The quality of being at hand when needed [syn: {handiness}, {accessibility}, {availability}, {availableness}] [ant: {inaccessibility}, {unavailability}].
Handiron (n.) See Andrion. [Obs.]
Compare: Andiron
Andiron (n.) （暖爐或壁爐的） 鐵製柴架；薪架 Andiron \And"i`ron\, (n. [OE. anderne, aunderne, aundyre, OF andier, F. landier, fr. LL. andena, andela, anderia, of unknown origin. The Eng. was prob. confused with brand-iron, AS. brand-[imac]sen.]
A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side; a firedog; as, a pair of andirons.
Andiron (n.) Metal supports for logs in a fireplace; "the andirons were too hot to touch" [syn: andiron, firedog, dog, dog- iron].
Handiwork (n.) [U] 手工，手工藝；手工製品，手工藝品；自製物品；（某人的）行為後果 Work done by the hands; hence, any work done personally.
The firmament showeth his handiwork. -- Ps. xix. 1.
Handiwork (n.) A work produced by hand labor [syn: handicraft, handcraft, handiwork, handwork].
Handkercher (n.) 手帕 A handkerchief. [Obs. or Colloq.] -- Chapman (1654). Shak.
Handkerchief (n.) 圍巾；頸巾 A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face or hands.
Handkerchief (n.) A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief; a neckcloth.
Handkerchief (n.) 手帕 A square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory [syn: handkerchief, hankie, hanky, hankey].
Handled (imp. & p. p.) of Handle
Handling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Handle
Handle (v. t.) 觸，摸；拿；弄；搬動；操作；操縱；指揮；管理 To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
Handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh. -- Luke xxiv. 39.
About his altar, handling holy things. -- Milton.
Handle (v. t.) To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully.
That fellow handles his bow like a crowkeeper. -- Shak.
Handle (v. t.) To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands.
The hardness of the winters forces the breeders to house and handle their colts six months every year. -- Sir W. Temple.
Handle (v. t.) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell; as, a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock.
Handle (v. t.) To deal with; to make a business of.
They that handle the law knew me not. -- Jer. ii. 8.
Handle (v. t.) To treat; to use, well or ill.
How wert thou handled being prisoner? -- Shak.
Handle (v. t.) To manage; to control; to practice skill upon.
You shall see how I will handle her. -- Shak.
Handle (v. t.) To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an objection.
We will handle what persons are apt to envy others. -- Bacon.
To handle without gloves. See under Glove. [Colloq.]
Handle (v. i.) 操作起來；（車子等）開起來 [Q] To use the hands.
They have hands, but they handle not. -- Ps. cxv. 7.
Handle (n.) [C] 柄，把手；柄狀物；可乘之機，把柄，口實 That part of vessels, instruments, etc., which is held in the hand when used or moved, as the haft of a sword, the knob of a door, the bail of a kettle, etc.
Handle (n.) That of which use is made; the instrument for effecting a purpose; a tool. -- South.
To give a handle, To furnish an occasion or means.
Handle (n.) The appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" [syn: handle, grip, handgrip, hold].
Handle (v.) Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old" [syn: manage, deal, care, handle].
Handle (v.) Interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently" [syn: treat, handle, do by].
Handle (v.) Act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China" [syn: cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address].
Handle (v.) Touch, lift, or hold with the hands; "Don't handle the merchandise" [syn: handle, palm].
Handle (v.) Handle effectively; "The burglar wielded an axe"; "The young violinist didn't manage her bow very well" [syn: wield, handle, manage].
Handle (v.) Show and train; "The prize-winning poodle was handled by Mrs. Priscilla Prescott".
Handle (n.) [from CB slang] An electronic pseudonym; a nom de guerre intended to conceal the user's true identity. Network and BBS handles function as the same sort of simultaneous concealment and display one finds on Citizen's Band radio, from which the term was adopted. Use of grandiose handles is characteristic of warez d00dz, crackers, weenies, spods, and other lower forms of network life; true hackers travel on their own reputations rather than invented legendry. Compare nick, screen name.
Handle (n.) A magic cookie, often in the form of a numeric index into some array somewhere, through which you can manipulate an object like a file or window. The form file handle is especially common.
Handle (n.) [Mac] A pointer to a pointer to dynamically-allocated memory; the extra level of indirection allows on-the-fly memory compaction (to cut down on fragmentation) or aging out of unused resources, with minimal impact on the (possibly multiple) parts of the larger program containing references to the allocated memory. Compare snap (to snap a handle would defeat its purpose); see also aliasing bug, dangling pointer.
Handle, () A simple item of data that identifies a resource. For example, a Unix file handle identifies an open file and associated data such as whether it was opened for read or write and the current read/ write position. On the Macintosh, a handle is a pointer to a pointer to some dynamically-allocated memory. The extra level of indirection allows on-the-fly memory compaction or garbage collection without invalidating application program references to the allocated memory.
Handle, () An alias used intended to conceal a user's true identity in an electronic message. The term is common on Citizen's Band and other amateur radio but, in that context usually means the user's real name as FCC rules forbid concealing one's identity.
Use of grandiose handles is characteristic of crackers, weenies, spods, and other lower forms of network life; true hackers travel on their own reputations.
Compare nick.
[{Jargon File]
Handle, () Domain handle.
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Handleable (a.) 可操縱的，可操作的 Capable of being handled.
Handless (a.) 無手的；笨手笨腳的 Without a hand. -- Shak.
Handless (a.) Without a hand or hands; "a handless war veteran" [ant: handed].
Handless (a.) Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse [syn: bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed].
Handling (n.) 觸摸；操作；管理；處理；把握；搬運；裝卸；handle的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, v. t.
The heavens and your fair handling Have made you master of the field this day. -- Spenser.
Handling (v. t.) (Drawing, Painting, etc.) The mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch. -- Fairholt.
Compare: Manhandle
Manhandle (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. -handled; p. pr. & vb. n. -handling.] To move, or manage, by human force without mechanical aid; as, to manhandle a cannon.
Manhandle (v. t.) To handle roughly; as, the captive was manhandled.
Handling (n.) Manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something.
Handling (n.) The action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means [syn: handling, manipulation].
Handling (n.) The management of someone or something; "the handling of prisoners"; "the treatment of water sewage"; "the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system" [syn: treatment, handling].
Handmade (a.) 手工的 Manufactured by hand; as, handmade shoes. Contrasted with machine-made. Handmaid
Handmade (a.) Made by hand or a hand process; "delicate handmade baby dresses" [syn: handmade, hand-crafted] [ant: machine-made].
Handmaid (n.) Alt. of Handmaiden
Handmaiden (n.) 女傭人；侍女；服侍者 A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
Handmaiden (n.) Something or someone serving in a subordinate position; as, theology should be the handmaiden of ethics.
Syn: handmaid, servant.
Handmaid (n.) 女佣人；侍女 In a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church" [syn: handmaid, handmaiden, servant].
Handmaid (n.) A personal maid or female attendant [syn: handmaid, handmaiden].
Handmaid (n.) 女傭人；侍女 A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
Handmaid (n.) Something or someone serving in a subordinate position; as, theology should be the handmaiden of ethics.
Syn: handmaid, servant.
Handmaid (n.) In a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church" [syn: handmaid, handmaiden, servant].
Handmaid (n.) A personal maid or female attendant [syn: handmaid, handmaiden].
Handmaid (n.) Servant (Gen. 16:1; Ruth 3:9; Luke 1:48). It is probable that Hagar was Sarah's personal attendant while she was in the house of Pharaoh, and was among those maid-servants whom Abram had brought from Egypt.
Handmaiden (n.) 女傭人；侍女 In a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church" [syn: {handmaid}, {handmaiden}, {servant}].
Handmaiden (n.) A personal maid or female attendant [syn: {handmaid}, {handmaiden}].
Handover (n.) 交接；轉移 The act of relinquishing property or authority etc. to another; as, the handover of occupied territory to the original posssessors; the handover of power from the military back to the civilian authorities.
Handover (n.) Act of relinquishing property or authority etc; "the handover of occupied territory".
Handover
Handoff
HO
(HO, or "handoff") The mechanism by which an on-going cellular connection between a mobile terminal (MT, typically a mobile phone) or mobile host (MH) and a corresponding terminal or host is transferred from one point of access of the fixed network to another.
Handover may occur because the phone is leaving its current cell, to balance demand between cells, to reduce interference or to transfer a user who has stopped moving to a nearby cell with shorter range.
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Handsaw (n.) 手鋸 A saw used with one hand.
Handsaw (n.) A saw used with one hand for cutting wood [syn: {handsaw}, {hand saw}, {carpenter's saw}].
Handsel (n.) 新年禮物；（開業等的）賀禮；（開業或開張後的）第一次生意的收入 A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and regarded as on omen for the rest; a first installment; an earnest; as the first money received for the sale of goods in the morning, the first money taken at a shop newly opened, the first present sent to a young woman on her wedding day, etc.
Their first good handsel of breath in this world. -- Fuller.
Our present tears here, not our present laughter, Are but the handsels of our joys hereafter. -- Herrick.
Handsel (n.) Price; payment. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
{Handsel Monday}, The first Monday of the new year, when handsels or presents are given to servants, children, etc.
Handsel (v. t.) 送賀禮給；初試 To give a handsel to.
Handsel (v. t.) To use or do for the first time, esp. so as to make fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally.
No contrivance of our body, but some good man in Scripture hath handseled it with prayer. -- Fuller.
Handseled (imp. & p. p.) of Handsel
Handseled (v.) Simple past tense and past participle of handsel.
Handseling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Handsel
Handselling () of Handsel
Handsome (a.) （男子）英俊的；（女子）健美的，結實的；相當大的，可觀的；慷慨的，大方的 Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons. [Obs.]
That they [engines of war] be both easy to be carried and handsome to be moved and turned about. -- Robynson (Utopia).
For a thief it is so handsome as it may seem it was first invented for him. -- Spenser.
Handsome (a.) Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity; comely; -- expressing more than pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse.
Handsome (a.) Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate; as, a handsome style, etc.
Easiness and handsome address in writing. -- Felton.
Handsome (a.) Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous.
Handsome is as handsome does. -- Old Proverb.
Handsome (a.) Ample; moderately large.
He . . . accumulated a handsome sum of money. -- V. Knox.
{To do the handsome thing}, To act liberally. [Colloq.]
Syn: {Handsome}, {Pretty}.
Usage: Pretty applies to things comparatively small, which please by their delicacy and grace; as, a pretty girl, a pretty flower, a pretty cottage. Handsome rises higher, and is applied to objects on a larger scale. We admire what is handsome, we are pleased with what is pretty. The word is connected with hand, and has thus acquired the idea of training, cultivation, symmetry, and proportion, which enters so largely into our conception of handsome. Thus Drayton makes mention of handsome players, meaning those who are well trained; and hence we speak of a man's having a handsome address, which is the result of culture; of a handsome horse or dog, which implies well proportioned limbs; of a handsome face, to which, among other qualities, the idea of proportion and a graceful contour are essential; of a handsome tree, and a handsome house or villa. So, from this idea of proportion or suitableness, we have, with a different application, the expressions, a handsome fortune, a handsome offer.
Hadsome (v. t.) To render handsome. [Obs.] -- Donne.
Handsome (a.) Pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion; "a fine-looking woman"; "a good-looking man"; "better-looking than her sister"; "very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome"- Thackeray; "our southern women are well-favored"- Lillian Hellman [syn: {fine-looking}, {good-looking}, {better- looking}, {handsome}, {well-favored}, {well-favoured}].
Handsome (a.) Given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather" [syn: {big}, {bighearted}, {bounteous}, {bountiful}, {freehanded}, {handsome}, {giving}, {liberal}, {openhanded}].
Handsomely (adv.) 漂亮地；氣派地；相當大地，可觀地；慷慨地 In a handsome manner.
Handsomely (adv.) (Natu.) Carefully; in shipshape style.
Handsomely (adv.) In an attractively handsome manner; "the volume was handsomely bound".
Handsomely (adv.) In a generously handsome manner; "India has responded handsomely by providing 3,000 men".
Handsomeness (n.) （男子）英俊；（女子）端莊健美；慷慨，大方；數目可觀 The quality of being handsome.
Handsomeness is the mere animal excellence, beauty the mere imaginative. -- Hare.
Handsomeness (n.) The quality of having regular well-defined features (especially of a man) [syn: {handsomeness}, {good looks}].
Handspike (n.) 手杆；【船】絞盤棒 A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.
Handspike (n.) A metal bar (or length of pipe) used as a lever.
Handspring (n.) 翻筋斗；【體】前手翻騰越 A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.
Handspring (n.) An acrobatic feat in which a person goes from a standing position to a handstand and back again.
Hand-tight (a.) 用手勁盡量拉緊的 As tight as can be made by the hand. as, to tighten the nut hand-tight. -- Totten.
Handwheel (n.) (Mach.) 用手轉動之輪子（如水管開關）；操縱輪；轉向盤 Any wheel worked by hand; esp., one the rim of which serves as the handle by which a valve, car brake, or other part is adjusted.
Handwheel (n.) A wheel worked by hand.
Handwheel (n.) Control consisting of a wheel whose rim serves as the handle by which a part is operated.
Hand-winged (a.) (Zool.) Having wings that are like hands in the structure and arrangement of their bones; -- said of bats. See {Cheiroptera}.
Handwriting (n.) [U] 書寫；手寫；筆跡；筆法 The cast or form of writing peculiar to each hand or person; chirography.
Handwriting (n.) That which is written by hand; manuscript.
{The handwriting on the wall}, A doom pronounced; an omen of disaster. -- Dan. v. 5.
Handwriting (n.) Something written by hand; "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible" [syn
: {handwriting}, {hand}, {script}].
Handwriting (n.) The activity of writing by hand; "handwriting can be slow and painful for one with arthritis".
Handwriting (Col. 2:14). The "blotting out the handwriting" is the removal by the grace of the gospel of the condemnation of the law which we had broken.
Handy (a.) 【口】手邊的；近便的 [（+for）]；便利的；便於使用的；手巧的；靈巧的；靈活的 [（+with）] Performed by the hand. [Obs.]
To draw up and come to handy strokes. -- Milton.
Handy (a.) Skillful in using the hand; dexterous; ready; adroit.
"Each is handy in his way." -- Dryden.
Handy (a.) Ready to the hand; near; also, suited to the use of the hand; convenient; valuable for reference or use; as, my tools are handy; a handy volume.
Handy (a.) (Naut.) Easily managed; obedient to the helm; -- said of a vessel.
Handy (a.) Easy to reach; "found a handy spot for the can opener" [syn: {handy}, {ready to hand(p)}].
Handy (a.) Easy to use; "a handy gadget".
Handy (a.) Skillful with the hands; "handy with an axe".
Handy (n.) United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958) [syn: {Handy}, {W. C. Handy}, {William Christopher Handy}].
Handy-dandy (n.) 猜手遊戲（一種孩童玩的猜對方那一隻手中握有東西的遊戲） 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.
Handyfight (n.) 拳擊；拳術 [U] A fight with the hands; boxing. "Pollux loves handyfights." -- B. Jonson.
Handygripe (n.) Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; also, close quarters in fighting. -- Hudibras.
Handystroke (n.) (Archaic) A blow with the hand.
Hand-work (n.) See Handiwork.
Hanged (imp. & p. p.) of Hang
Hung () of Hang
Hanging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hang
Hang (v. i.) (v. t.) 把……掛起；絞死；吊死；懸掛展出（畫作等）[H] (v. i.) 懸掛，吊著 [Q]；垂下，披下 [Q] 被絞死；被吊死（hanged; hanged）He hanged for murder.
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.
Hang (v. i.) 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.
Hang (v. i.) 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.
Hang (v. i.) To put to death by suspending by the neck; -- a form of capital punishment; as, to hang a murderer.
Hang (v. i.) 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.
Hang (v. i.) To paste, as paper hangings, on the walls of a room.
Hang (v. i.) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect; to droop; as, he hung his head in shame.
Hang (v. i.) To be suspended or fastened to some elevated point without support from below; to dangle; to float; to rest; to remain; to stay.
Hang (v. i.) To be fastened in such a manner as to allow of free motion on the point or points of suspension.
Hang (v. i.) To die or be put to death by suspension from the neck.
Hang (v. i.) To hold for support; to depend; to cling; -- usually with on or upon; as, this question hangs on a single point.
Hang (v. i.) To be, or be like, a suspended weight.
Hang (v. i.) To hover; to impend; to appear threateningly; -- usually with over; as, evils hang over the country.
Hang (v. i.) To lean or incline; to incline downward.
Hang (v. i.) To slope down; as, hanging grounds.
Hang (v. i.) To be undetermined or uncertain; to be in suspense; to linger; to be delayed.
Hang (n.) The manner in which one part or thing hangs upon, or is connected with, another; as, the hang of a scythe.
Hang (n.) Connection; arrangement; plan; as, the hang of a discourse.
Hang (n.) A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
Hangbird (n.) 懸巢鳥 The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula); -- so called because its nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. See Baltimore oriole.
Hang-bies (n. pl. ) of Hang-by
Hang-by (n.) A dependent; a hanger-on; -- so called in contempt.
Hangdog (n.) 卑微的人 A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.
Hangdog (a.) 鬼鬼祟祟的；卑躬屈膝的 Low; sneaking; ashamed.
The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look. -- Thackeray.
Hangdog (a.) Showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater [syn: guilty, hangdog, shamefaced, shamed].
Hangdog (a.) Frightened into submission or compliance.
Hanger (n.) 掛物工具；衣架；掛鉤；掛東西的人；糊牆的人 One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.
Hanger (n.) That by which a thing is suspended. Especially:
Hanger (n.) A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
Hanger (n.) (Mach.) A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft.
Hanger (n.) A bridle iron.
Hanger (n.) That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.