See 1st Butt, 10. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The gate self-opened wide,
On golden hinges turning. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
When the moon is in the hinge at East. Creech. [ 1913 Webster ]
Nor slept the winds . . . but rushed abroad. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Hinge joint.
To be off the hinges,
v. t.
v. i. 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;
a. Furnished with hinges. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Without a hinge or joint. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hinge. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Why should I then unhinge my brains, ruin my mind? South. [ 1913 Webster ]
His sufferings, nay the revolutions of his fate, had not in the least unhinged his mind. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act unhinging, or the state of being unhinged. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To whine. [ Scot. ] Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Whinyard. ] A kind of hanger or sword used as a knife at meals and as a weapon. [ Scot. & Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The chief acknowledged that he had corrected her with his whinger. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]