Equipendency: alternatives and connections

Hanging at the cathead, ready to let go, as an anchor.

A balancing; equipoise.

Hanging; annexed; adjunct; concomitant; as, a seal appendant to a paper.

Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; -- said of the anchor.

Equipoise between the weights in opposite scales.

The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise; even adjustment of forces.

Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.

Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved, determined, set, etc.; -- said of the mind, character, disposition, desires,…

A genus of ruminant quadrupeds, including the wild and domestic cattle, distinguished by a stout body, hollow horns, and a large fold…

A military headdress or cap, used in the British army. It is of fur, with a bag, of the same color as the facings of the regiment, han…

A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, ins…

A neck guard of chain mall, hanging from the bascinet or other headpiece.

A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips.…

The practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree, branches of the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous insects.

The curve formed by a rope or chain of uniform density and perfect flexibility, hanging freely between two points of suspension, not i…

A candlestick, lamp, stand, gas fixture, or the like, having several branches; esp., one hanging from the ceiling.

With hanging head; hence, dispirited; dejected; cowed.

A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cl…