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n. [ L. archangelus, Gr. 'archa`ggelos: cf. OF. archangel, F. archange. See Arch-, pref., and Angel. ] 1. A chief angel; one high in the celestial hierarchy. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A term applied to several different species of plants (Angelica archangelica, Lamium album, etc.). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. archangélique. ] Of or pertaining to archangels; of the nature of, or resembling, an archangel. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an automatic device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention.
Syn. -- record changer, changer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Per. bang; cf. Skr. bhangā hemp. ] An astringent and narcotic drug made from the dried leaves and seed capsules of wild hemp (Cannabis Indica), and chewed or smoked in the East as a means of intoxication. See Hasheesh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the capital of the ancient Chinese empire.
Syn. -- Sian, Singan, Xian. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Changed p. pr. & vb. n. Changing. ] [ F. changer, fr. LL. cambiare, to exchange, barter, L. cambire. Cf. Cambial. ] 1. To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change the countenance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Therefore will I change their glory into shame. Hosea. iv. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else; as, to change the clothes; to change one's occupation; to change one's intention. [ 1913 Webster ]

They that do change old love for new,
Pray gods, they change for worse! Peele. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To give and take reciprocally; to exchange; -- followed by with; as, to change place, or hats, or money, with another. [ 1913 Webster ]

Look upon those thousands with whom thou wouldst not, for any interest, change thy fortune and condition. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Specifically: To give, or receive, smaller denominations of money (technically called change) for; as, to change a gold coin or a bank bill. [ 1913 Webster ]

He pulled out a thirty-pound note and bid me change it. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

To change a horse, or To change hand (Man.), to turn or bear the horse's head from one hand to the other, from the left to right, or from the right to the left. --
To change hands, to change owners. --
To change one's tune, to become less confident or boastful. [ Colloq. ] --
To change step, to take a break in the regular succession of steps, in marching or walking, as by bringing the hollow of one foot against the heel of the other, and then stepping off with the foot which is in advance.

Syn. -- To alter; vary; deviate; substitute; innovate; diversify; shift; veer; turn. See Alter. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To be altered; to undergo variation; as, men sometimes change for the better. [ 1913 Webster ]

For I am Lord, I change not. Mal. iii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pass from one phase to another; as, the moon changes to-morrow night. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. change, fr. changer. See Change. v. t. ] 1. Any variation or alteration; a passing from one state or form to another; as, a change of countenance; a change of habits or principles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Apprehensions of a change of dynasty. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. Job xiv. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A succesion or substitution of one thing in the place of another; a difference; novelty; variety; as, a change of seasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our fathers did for change to France repair. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ringing grooves of change. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A passing from one phase to another; as, a change of the moon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Alteration in the order of a series; permutation. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. That which makes a variety, or may be substituted for another. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thirty change (R.V. changes) of garments. Judg. xiv. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Small money; the money by means of which the larger coins and bank bills are made available in small dealings; hence, the balance returned when payment is tendered by a coin or note exceeding the sum due. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. [ See Exchange. ] A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions. [ Colloq. for Exchange. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A public house; an alehouse. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They call an alehouse a change. Burt. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. (Mus.) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing. Holder. [ 1913 Webster ]

Change of life, the period in the life of a woman when menstruation and the capacity for conception cease, usually occurring between forty-five and fifty years of age. --
Change ringing, the continual production, without repetition, of changes on bells, See def. 9. above. --
Change wheel (Mech.), one of a set of wheels of different sizes and number of teeth, that may be changed or substituted one for another in machinery, to produce a different but definite rate of angular velocity in an axis, as in cutting screws, gear, etc. --
To ring the changes on, to present the same facts or arguments in variety of ways.

Syn. -- Variety; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; vicissitude; innovation; novelty; transmutation; revolution; reverse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Changeableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. changeable. ] 1. Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Appearing different, as in color, in different lights, or under different circumstances; as, changeable silk.

Syn. -- Mutable; alterable; variable; inconstant; fitful; vacillating; capricious; fickle; unstable; unsteady; unsettled; wavering; erratic; giddy; volatile. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being changeable; fickleness; inconstancy; mutability. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a changeable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of change; mutable; inconstant; fickle; uncertain. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

His course had been changeful. Motley.

-- Change"ful*ly, adv. -- Change"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Mach.) A gear by means of which the speed of machinery or of a vehicle may be changed while that of the propelling engine or motor remains constant; -- called also
change-speed gear. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. A key adapted to open only one of a set of locks; -- distinguished from a master key. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. That can not be changed; constant; as, a changeless purpose.

-- Change"less*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Change + -ling. ] 1. One who, or that which, is left or taken in the place of another, as a child exchanged by fairies. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such, men do changelings call, so changed by fairies' theft. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The changeling [ a substituted writing ] never known. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A simpleton; an idiot. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Changelings and fools of heaven, and thence shut out. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wildly we roam in discontent about. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One apt to change; a waverer. “Fickle changelings.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Taken or left in place of another; changed. “A little changeling boy.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Given to change; inconstant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Some are so studiously changeling. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Baseball) a baseball pitch thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball; -- called also change-up.
Syn. -- change-up, change-of-pace ball, off-speed pitch. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an event that results in a transformation.
Syn. -- conversion, transition. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who changes or alters the form of anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who deals in or changes money. John ii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One apt to change; an inconstant person. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. an electronic device which changes one replaceable medium for another, such as a record changer, which can store several records and move each one automatically to the playing table; or a CD changer, whch can store multiple compact disks and move each one to the reading slot, in a sequence determined by the user. [ PJC ]

n. ringing tuned bells in a fixed order that is continually changing. See change{ 9 }, n. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Baseball) same as change-of-pace.
Syn. -- change-of-pace, change-of-pace ball, off-speed pitch. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. an episode of a drama that ends in suspense. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Counterchanged p. pr. & vb. n. Counterchanging. ] 1. To give and receive; to cause to change places; to exchange. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging. See Counterchaged, a., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

Witch-elms, that counterchange the floor
Of this flat lawn with dusk and bright. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Exchange; reciprocation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Exchanged. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Her.) Having the tinctures exchanged mutually; thus, if the field is divided palewise, or and azure, and cross is borne counterchanged, that part of the cross which comes on the azure side will be or, and that on the or side will be azure. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Endo- + lymphangial. ] (Anat.) Within a lymphatic vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exchanged p. pr. & vb. n. Exchanging ] [ Cf.OF. eschangier, F. échanger. See Exchange, n. ] 1. To part with give, or transfer to another in consideration of something received as an equivalent; -- usually followed by for before the thing received. [ 1913 Webster ]

Exchange his sheep for shells, or wool for a sparking pebble or a diamond. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To part with for a substitute; to lay aside, quit, or resign (something being received in place of the thing parted with); as, to exchange a palace for cell. [ 1913 Webster ]

And death for life exchanged foolishly. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

To shift his being
Is to exchange one misery with another. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To give and receive reciprocally, as things of the same kind; to barter; to swap; as, to exchange horses with a neighbor; to exchange houses or hats. [ 1913 Webster ]

Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet. Shak.

Syn. -- To barter; change; commute; interchange; bargain; truck; swap; traffic. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be changed or received in exchange for; to pass in exchange; as, dollar exchanges for ten dimes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. eschange, eschaunge, OF. eschange, fr. eschangier, F. échanger, to exchange; pref. ex- out + F. changer. See Change, and cf. Excamb. ] 1. The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of substituting one thing in the place of another; as, an exchange of grief for joy, or of a scepter for a sword, and the like; also, the act of giving and receiving reciprocally; as, an exchange of civilities or views. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The thing given or received in return; esp., a publication exchanged for another. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Com.) The process of setting accounts or debts between parties residing at a distance from each other, without the intervention of money, by exchanging orders or drafts, called bills of exchange. These may be drawn in one country and payable in another, in which case they are called foreign bills; or they may be drawn and made payable in the same country, in which case they are called inland bills. The term bill of exchange is often abbreviated into exchange; as, to buy or sell exchange. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A in London is creditor to B in New York, and C in London owes D in New York a like sum. A in London draws a bill of exchange on B in New York; C in London purchases the bill, by which A receives his debt due from B in New York. C transmits the bill to D in New York, who receives the amount from B. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) A mutual grant of equal interests, the one in consideration of the other. Estates exchanged must be equal in quantity, as fee simple for fee simple. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet at certain hours, to transact business; also, the institution which sets regulations and maintains the physical facilities of such a place; as, the New York Stock Exchange; a commodity exchange. In this sense the word was at one time often contracted to 'change [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Arbitration of exchange. See under Arbitration. --
Bill of exchange. See under Bill. --
Exchange broker. See under Broker. --
Par of exchange, the established value of the coin or standard of value of one country when expressed in the coin or standard of another, as the value of the pound sterling in the currency of France or the United States. The par of exchange rarely varies, and serves as a measure for the rise and fall of exchange that is affected by the demand and supply. Exchange is at par when, for example, a bill in New York, for the payment of one hundred pounds sterling in London, can be purchased for the sum. Exchange is in favor of a place when it can be purchased there at or above par. --
Telephone exchange, a central office in which the wires of any two telephones or telephone stations may be connected to permit conversation.

Syn. -- Barter; dealing; trade; traffic; interchange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being exchangeable. [ 1913 Webster ]

The law ought not be contravened by an express article admitting the exchangeability of such persons. Washington. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf.F. échangeable. ] 1. Capable of being exchanged; fit or proper to be exchanged. [ 1913 Webster ]

The officers captured with Burgoyne were exchangeable within the powers of General Howe. Marshall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Available for making exchanges; ratable. “An exchangeable value.” J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way of exchange. [ 1913 Webster ]

. An editor who inspects, and culls from, periodicals, or exchanges, for his own publication. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who exchanges; one who practices exchange. Matt. xxv. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hanged i>or Hung p. pr. & vb. n. Hanging. The use of hanged is preferable to that of hung, when reference is had to death or execution by suspension, and it is also more common. ] [ OE. hangen, hongien, v. t. & i., AS. hangian, v. i., fr. hōn, v. t. (imp. heng, p. p. hongen); akin to OS. hangōn, v. i., D. hangen, v. t. & i., G. hangen, v. i, hängen, v. t., Icel. hanga, v. i., Goth. hāhan, v. t. (imp. haíhah), hāhan, v. i. (imp. hahaida), and perh. to L. cunctari to delay. √37. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. 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. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To put to death by suspending by the neck; -- a form of capital punishment; as, to hang a murderer. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hung be the heavens with black. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

And hung thy holy roofs with savage spoils. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To paste, as paper hangings, on the walls of a room. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect; to droop; as, he hung his head in shame. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cowslips wan that hang the pensive head. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. To prevent from reaching a decision, esp. by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous; as, one obstinate juror can hang a jury. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

To hang down, to let fall below the proper position; to bend down; to decline; as, to hang down the head, or, elliptically, to hang the head. --
To hang fire (Mil.), to be slow in communicating fire through the vent to the charge; as, the gun hangs fire; hence, to hesitate, to hold back as if in suspense. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To be suspended or fastened to some elevated point without support from below; to dangle; to float; to rest; to remain; to stay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be fastened in such a manner as to allow of free motion on the point or points of suspension. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To die or be put to death by suspension from the neck. [ R. ] “Sir Balaam hangs.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To hold for support; to depend; to cling; -- usually with on or upon; as, this question hangs on a single point. “Two infants hanging on her neck.” Peacham. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To be, or be like, a suspended weight. [ 1913 Webster ]

Life hangs upon me, and becomes a burden. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To hover; to impend; to appear threateningly; -- usually with over; as, evils hang over the country. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To lean or incline; to incline downward. [ 1913 Webster ]

To decide which way hung the victory. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

His neck obliquely o'er his shoulder hung. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. To slope down; as, hanging grounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. To be undetermined or uncertain; to be in suspense; to linger; to be delayed. [ 1913 Webster ]

A noble stroke he lifted high,
Which hung not, but so swift with tempest fell
On the proud crest of Satan. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. (Cricket, Tennis, etc.) Of a ball: To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of ground. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

11. (Baseball) to fail to curve, break, or drop as intended; -- said of pitches, such as curve balls or sliders. [ PJC ]

12. (Computers) to cease to operate normally and remain suspended in some state without performing useful work; -- said of computer programs, computers, or individual processes within a program; as, when using Windows 3.1, my system would hang and need rebooting several times a day. this situation could be caused by bugs within an operating system or within a program, or incompatibility between programs or between programs and the hardware. [ PJC ]

To hang around, to loiter idly about. --
To hang back, to hesitate; to falter; to be reluctant. “If any one among you hangs back.” Jowett (Thucyd.). --
To hang by the eyelids. (a) To hang by a very slight hold or tenure. (b) To be in an unfinished condition; to be left incomplete. --
To hang in doubt, to be in suspense. --
To hang on (with the emphasis on the preposition), to keep hold; to hold fast; to stick; to be persistent, as a disease. --
To hang on the lips
To hang on the words, etc., to be charmed by eloquence. --
To hang out. (a) To be hung out so as to be displayed; to project. (b) To be unyielding; as, the juryman hangs out against an agreement; to hold out. [ Colloq. ] (c) to loiter or lounge around a particular place; as, teenageers tend to hang out at the mall these days. --
To hang over. (a) To project at the top. (b) To impend over. --
To hang to, to cling. --
To hang together. (a) To remain united; to stand by one another. “We are all of a piece; we hang together.” Dryden. (b) To be self-consistent; as, the story does not hang together. [ Colloq. ] --
To hang upon. (a) To regard with passionate affection. (b) (Mil.) To hover around; as, to hang upon the flanks of a retreating enemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The manner in which one part or thing hangs upon, or is connected with, another; as, the hang of a scythe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Connection; arrangement; plan; as, the hang of a discourse. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A sharp or steep declivity or slope. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To get the hang of, to learn the method or arrangement of; hence, to become accustomed to. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a large building at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
Syn. -- airdock, repair shed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula); -- so called because its nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. See Baltimore oriole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Hang-bies A dependent; a hanger-on; -- so called in contempt. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Low; sneaking; ashamed. [ 1913 Webster ]

The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That by which a thing is suspended. Especially: (a) A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended. (b) (Mach.) A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft. (c) A bridle iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A steep, wooded declivity. [ Eng. ] Gilbert White. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Hangers-on One who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service; a dependent; one who adheres to others' society longer than he is wanted. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter. “What a hanging face!” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hanging compass, a compass suspended so that the card may be read from beneath. --
Hanging garden, a garden sustained at an artificial elevation by any means, as by the terraces at Babylon. --
Hanging indentation. See under Indentation. --
Hanging rail (Arch.), that rail of a door or casement to which hinges are attached. --
Hanging side (Mining), the overhanging side of an inclined or hading vein. --
Hanging sleeves. (a) Strips of the same stuff as the gown, hanging down the back from the shoulders. (b) Loose, flowing sleeves. --
Hanging stile. (Arch.) (a) That stile of a door to which hinges are secured. (b) That upright of a window frame to which casements are hinged, or in which the pulleys for sash windows are fastened. --
Hanging wall (Mining), the upper wall of inclined vein, or that which hangs over the miner's head when working in the vein. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Death by suspension; execution by a halter. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is hung as lining or drapery for the walls of a room, as tapestry, paper, etc., or to cover or drape a door or window; -- used chiefly in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now purple hangings clothe the palace walls. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]