HINGE, n. hinj. [This word appears to be connected with hang,and with angle,the verb.] 1. The hook or joint on which a door or gate turns. The gate self-opened wide On golden hinges turning.2. That on which any thing depends or turns; a governing principle, rule or point. This argument was the hinge on which the question turned. 3. A cardinal point; as east, west, north or south. [Little used.]To be off the hinges, is to be in a state of disorder or irregularity. HINGE, v.t. To furnish with hinges. 1. To bend. [Little used.]HINGE, v.i. To stand, depend or turn, as on a hinge. The question hinges on this single point.
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