(1):
(n.) A bridle iron.
(2):
(n.) That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.
(3):
(n.) A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
(4):
(n.) That by which a thing is suspended.
(5):
(n.) A steep, wooded declivity.
(6):
(n.) A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft.
(7):
(n.) One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.