pendent

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Pendent from a hook was a worn and blackened holster from which peeped the butt of a large Colt's revolver, showing evidence of many years' service.

From The Spoilers by Beach, Rex Ellingwood

From the arch'd roof, Pendent by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With naphtha and asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John

Pendent abdomens or ptosed abdominal organs should be held up by proper abdominal bandages or corsets.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)

Pendent from the roof, in their natural habitat, nothing can exceed their delicate beauty; they live, as it were, surrounded by organic connections.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John

Pendent from these roots hung a luxuriant curtain of wild grapevines and other creepers, which formed a leafy screen, through which the most curious eye could scarcely penetrate.

From Canadian Crusoes by Traill, Catharine Parr Strickland