Noah Webster
Hanging
HANG'ING, participle present tense Suspending to something above.
1. Being suspended; dangling; swinging.
2. Foreboding death by the halter.
What a hanging face!
3. Requiring punishment by the halter; as a hanging matter.
HANG'ING, noun Any kind of drapery hung or fastened to the walls or a room, by way of ornament.
No purple hangings clothe the palace walls.
1. Death by the halter; as hard words or hanging
2. Display; exhibition.