[hang.ing] adj (12c) 1: situated or lying on steeply sloping ground
2. a: jutting out: overhanging "a ~ rock" b: supported only by the wall on one side "a ~ staircase" 3 archaic: downcast in appearance
4: adapted for sustaining a hanging object
5: deserving, likely to cause, or prone to inflict death by hanging
[2]hanging n (14c) 1: an execution by strangling or breaking the neck by a suspended noose
2: something hung: as a: curtain b: a covering (as a tapestry) for a wall
3: a downward slope: declivity