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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 514 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HINGE (in
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Mid. Eng. henge or heeng, from hengen, to hang)  , a movable
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joint, particularly that by which a
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door or window " hangs " from its
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side-
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post, or by which a lid or
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cover is attached to that which it closes; also any
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device which allows two parts to be joined together and move upon each other (see
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JOINERY) . Figuratively the word is used of that on which something depends, a
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cardinal or turning point, a crisis .

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