3. One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south. [R.] When the moon is in the hinge at East. Creech. Nor slept the winds . . . but rushed abroad. Milton. Hinge joint. (a) (Anat.) See Ginglymus. (b) (Mech.) Any joint resembling a hinge, by which two pieces are connected so as to permit relative turning in one plane. — To be off the hinges, to be in a state of disorder or irregularity; to have lost proper adjustment. Tillotson.
HINGE
Hinge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hinged; p. pr. & vb. n. Hinging.]
1. To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.
2. To bend. [Obs.] Shak.
HINGE
Hinge, v. i.
Defn: 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. I. Taylor
HINGED
Hinged, a.
Defn: Furnished with hinges.
HINGELESS
Hinge"less, a.
Defn: Without a hinge or joint.