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The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate,
lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather,
which serves as a joint to turn on. |
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That on which anything turns or depends; a governing
principle; a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was the hinge on
which the question turned. |
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One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or
south. |
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To attach by, or furnish with, hinges. |
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To bend. |
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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. |
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