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Hinges is Black−American slang for ones elbow
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Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges.
v. t.
To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.
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A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets connected by hinges. See Triptych.
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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; as, the argument hinges on this point.
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To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door.
v. i.
To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges.
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A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window.
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The frame or barrier of boards, or other material, usually turning on hinges, by which an entrance way into a house or apartment is closed and opened.
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One of the iron hooks to which the port hinges are attached.
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A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol.
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The main part or blade of the rudder, which is connected by hinges, or the like, with the sternpost of a vessel.
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A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
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Furnished with hinges.
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