pensile

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Hail, pensile gem, that thus can softly gild The starry coronal of quiet eve!

From Heart Utterances at Various Periods of a Chequered Life by Gurney, Eliza Paul

The nest was pensile, like that of the Baltimore Oriole.

From Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 2 February, 1897 by Various

The crested waters sleep; White stars their emerald twilight keep Above the tryst of pensile glories That kiss to purple-and-gold the deep.

From Song-waves by Rand, Theodore H. (Theodore Harding)

Every year of his life has he seen the beautiful Hang-Bird weave his pensile habitation upon the long and flexible branches of the Elm, secure from the reach of every living creature.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 by Various

My plumy pairs, in gay embroidery dressed, Form with ingenious skill the pensile nest; To Love's sweet notes attune the listening dell, And Echo sounds her soft symphonious shell.

From The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters by Bowen, Sue Petigru