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Pendant   /pˈɛndənt/   Listen
noun
Pendant  n.  
1.
Something which hangs or depends; something suspended; a hanging appendage, especially one of an ornamental character, as to a chandelier or an eardrop; also, an appendix or addition, as to a book. "Some hang upon the pendants of her ear." "Many... have been pleased with this work and its pendant, the Tales and Popular Fictions."
2.
Hence: An ornamental object or piece of jewelry with a hook so that it can be hung from a chain around the neck.
3.
(Arch.) A hanging ornament on roofs, ceilings, etc., much used in the later styles of Gothic architecture, where it is of stone, and an important part of the construction. There are imitations in plaster and wood, which are mere decorative features. "(A bridge) with... pendants graven fair."
4.
(Fine Arts) One of a pair; a counterpart; as, one vase is the pendant to the other vase.
5.
A pendulum. (Obs.)
6.
The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended. (U.S.)
Pendant post (Arch.), a part of the framing of an open timber roof; a post set close against the wall, and resting upon a corbel or other solid support, and supporting the ends of a collar beam or any part of the roof.






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"Pendant" Quotes from Famous Books



... a great deal to see at Plymouth besides the sea itself: but what I particularly wish now is, that you will stand at the Battery of Mount Edgcumbe and look into Barn Pool below you, and there you will see, lying at single anchor, a cutter; and you may also see, by her pendant and ensign, that she ...
— The Pirate and The Three Cutters • Frederick Marryat

... cet etat de choses pour l'Allemagne, pendant les divers voyages que j'ai faits dans ce pays. J'en avais entretenu des savants, des hommes d'Etat, les rois eux-memes. Voici ce que m'ecrivait a cette occasion M. P. Lichtenthaler, directeur de la bibliotheque de ...
— Movement of the International Literary Exchanges, between France and North America from January 1845 to May, 1846 • Various

... thoughtfully: "I'd like to do her hair for her, and see that all her under-things were right, and then put her into a crepe gown of dull blue—a sort of Chinese blue, with a great deal of deep-toned lace for trimming, and give her a topaz pendant set in dull silver, and a big picture hat of ecru net, with a good deal of the lace on it, and one long plume, a little ...
— Master of the Vineyard • Myrtle Reed

... too, got hold of the weapon, and brazed up the breech-block immovably, so that it could not be surreptitiously reloaded. He said that his wife had instructed him to take no chances, and that meanwhile, as a fool's pendant, the revolver was as good ...
— A Master of Fortune • Cutcliffe Hyne

... his dream Jahan began to speak slowly: "You remember that I wanted a pendant for my figure of Fecundity. I had modelled a Charity, but it pleased me so little and seemed so commonplace that I let the clay dry and spoil.... And then the idea of a figure of Justice came to me. But not a gowned figure with the sword and the scales! That wasn't the Justice that inspired ...
— The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete - Lourdes, Rome and Paris • Emile Zola


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