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	hang. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
		To be slow in firing, as a gun.
		hang in there Informal To persevere despite difficulties; persist: She hung in there despite pressure to resign.
		Hanged, as a past tense and a past participle of hang, is used in the sense of “to put to death by hanging,” as in Frontier courts hanged many a prisoner after a summary trial.
	www.bartleby.com /61/82/H0048200.html (803 words)

	Online Etymology Dictionary
		in northern England dial., and hanged endured only in legal language (which tends to be conservative) and metaphors extended from it (I'll be hanged).
		Teen slang sense of "spend time" first recorded 1951; hang around "idle, loiter" is from 1830, and hang out (v.) is from 1844.
		Hang fire (1781) was originally used of guns that were slow in communicating the fire through the vent to the charge.
	www.etymonline.com /index.php?term=hang (153 words)

	Hang fire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Over $125,000 has been donated since the drive began on 19 August.
		The term hang fire refers to a state in which an unexpected delay is encountered between a firearm being triggered and the initiation of the propellant.
		This mode of failure was common in firearm actions which relied upon open primer pans, due to poor/inconsistent quality powder.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hang_fire (112 words)

	Tai Hang Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Then an elder had a dream in which Buddha appeared and told him that if the villagers performed a fire dragon dance and let off firecrackers, they would be spared.
		The rites were timed to coincide with the Mid-Autumn Festival, filling the firecrackers with sulphur and building a dragon prickling with incense sticks to drive away the plague.....
		First, the Dragon is presented to the officials, who will decorate it and put some incens sticks on the head, the part which gives the more luck with the tale.
	www.geocities.com /ptitecahuete/FireDragon.htm (217 words)

	Word for Word (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It lists hang fire alongside misfire, flash in the pan and fizzle out - all terms relating to gunnery or musketry.
		When a soldier lit the fuse in a cannon there could be quite a delay until the charge ignited, and this was known as hanging fire.
		Similarly a flash in the pan related to a failed attempt to fire a flintlock musket, when the flint produced a spark in the priming pan but did not ignite the charge.
	plateaupress.com.au /wfw/hangfire.htm (179 words)

	Pathology Data Systems Fire Safety Action Plan
		Activate fire pull alarm, located in UH in the hall between PDS's two entry doors, or in Med Sci 1 down the hall opposite Room 2257.
		Hospital only: Hang evacuation hang tags (fire/safety board) from hallway doors after everyone is out of the unit.
		Move away from the fire to the nearest exit and meet in the "opposite" office: go to Med Sci 1 M2249 if the fire is in the Hospital; go to 2G322 if the fire is in Med Sci 1.
	www.pathology.med.umich.edu /labsafety/pds/Fs_pds.htm (556 words)

	CVA \| Having a Hang-Fire and Losing Your Cap
		In the split second that occurred after the hang-fire, the hunter started to raise his rifle to visually check the cap.
		Just as he did, the rifle fired, and the heavy lead bullet flew a foot over the buck's back.
		When the hunter's fl-powder trophy sprinted from the field, the aggravation he felt could only be understood by another fl-powder hunter who had experienced a hang-fire at the moment of truth.
	www.cva.com /muzztoday/archieves/August/080601.htm (731 words)

	Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection: Fire Walk With Me, The Crucible 2005
		The Crucible -- the West Oakland Fire and Arts Festival now in it's Fifth year -- burn baby burn.
		These man made monsters snort, breath, blow and shoot fire at the sky, at the night, at steel and glass and everything else you can think of.
		All of the photos of the event can be found in my Flickr set, Fire Walk With Me.
	thomashawk.com /2005/07/fire-walk-with-me-crucible-2005.html (244 words)

	fire
		exposure to fire as a means of torture or ordeal.
		The senator is between two fires because of his stand on the bill.
		The new housing project is hanging fire because of concerted opposition.
	www.infoplease.com /dictionary/fire (498 words)

	AskOxford: hang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		hanged) kill or be killed by tying a rope attached from above around the neck and removing the support from beneath the feet (used as a form of capital punishment).
		hang fire delay or be delayed in taking action.
		Sometime after the 16th century hung replaced the earlier form hanged in general contexts, as in they hung out the washing, while hanged was, as it still is, retained for use in reference to execution by hanging, as in the prisoner was hanged.
	www.askoxford.com /concise_oed/hang?view=uk (264 words)

	Questions & Answers: Hang fire
		When this happened, the powder in the firearm smouldered instead of exploding and was said to hang fire.
		This expression should not be confused with a closely-related one a flash in the pan, for an ineffective effort or outburst.
		The result was a flash and some smoke, but the gun didn’t fire, and the ball didn’t actually go anywhere.
	www.worldwidewords.org /qa/qa-han2.htm (224 words)

	xmmficathon: Hang Fire for Kynical (NC-17)
		He just leaned against the wall and flicked the lighter open and shut, thinking about fire and Bobby and all the kind of crap you think about when you don’t have anything to do.
		John was showing off, sending fire snakes slithering from one stalactite to another, lighting their way.
		Even when he was very small, before he changed and all, thinking about it would stiffen his dick, he’d do it in the bathtub to make his sister laugh.
	www.livejournal.com /community/xmmficathon/5926.html (1860 words)

	Chapter Ten
		Meanwhile the infected area should be chained off and all citizens removed, and then nature's way of killing contagion should be imitated by bringing fire hoses and drenching the streets with water.
		However different the predisposing, remote, or exciting causes of fever may be, whether direct or indirect debility, whether heat or cold succeeding to each other, whether marsh or human miasmata, whether intemperance, a fright, or a fall, still I repeat, there can be but one fever....
		Thus fire is an unit, whether it be produced by friction, percussion, electricity, fermentation, or by a piece of wood or coal in a state of inflammation."
	www.geocities.com /bobarnebeck/ch10.html (5403 words)

	India - News - Maruti Divestment Continues To Hang Fire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Meanwhile, government sources said in Delhi that a consensus on divestment issue was eluding the inter-ministerial committee of secretaries, set up under the chairmanship of cabinet secretary TR Prasad
		HARDWAR - The divestment of government equity in automaker Maruti Udyog continues to hang fire with the issue not scheduled for deliberation at the meeting of the cabinet committee of divestment here on Tuesday.
		Divestment ministry is understood to be exploring options like sale of government equity to public through IPO route or parking stake with financial institutions for future sale at the appropriate time.
	www3.estart.com /india/news/marutidivestment.html (250 words)

	Benchrest Central Forums - Real Hang Fire
		Make sure the firing pin sear is not dragging on some part of the trigger or housing that it is not supposed to contact.
		If you actually hear the firing pin hit and there is enough delay that you start to lift your head...
		Usually the time lag was just a "beat" between pulling the trigger and BOOM but I actually saw/felt/heard the firing pin drop when I pulled the trigger, so I don't think the problem was in the bolt.
	www.benchrest.com /forums/showthread.php?t=1515 (882 words)

	The National Guard Experience: Hang it! Fire! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Zabul Day 2: My first mortar fire mission using High Explosive (HE) rounds.
		That's me in the picture hanging the round.
		Yes, I actually get the round in the tube, I'm just waiting while my Gunner quickly checks the gun after firing the previous round.
	thenationalguardexperience.blogspot.com /2005/05/hang-it-fire.html (157 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The phrase hanging fire is a metaphor from the old flintlock muskets of the 18th and 19th centuries.
		The priming powder in a socket (the lock pan) would sometimes catch fire (when ignited) without, however, exploding the main charge.
		Literally there would be some fire 'hanging' with no further action taking place.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/july20/at7.asp (626 words)

	The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Coimbatore News : Sewer, water projects hang fire
		Even six years after the Coimbatore Corporation proposed underground sewers for more than half of the 72 wards, the scheme to rid the city of stagnating sewage in open drains is yet to become a reality.
		Schemes for a subway and the Rs.105-crore Pilloor second phase to provide the city with 125 million litres a day (mld) of drinking water also hang fire.
		Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu
	www.hinduonnet.com /2005/03/07/stories/2005030714490300.htm (501 words)

	Hang Fire by The Rolling Stones Songfacts
		Combines the rock simplicity of Some Girls with the clean production of Tattoo You, resulting in one of the most fun Stones songs ever.
		, Santa Monica, CA A "Hang fire" happens when you pull the trigger on a rifle or pistol and nothing happens for a few seconds, then the gun goes off without warning, in a delayed reaction.
		A misfire is where you pull the trigger and NOTHING happens.
	www.songfacts.com /detail.lasso?id=609 (189 words)

	Macworld UK - Poll: 75% will hang fire on G5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A quarter of Macworld Online readers will wait until next year before upgrading to the new Power Mac G5, with another 25 per cent saying they can't afford the new machine.
		Others would rather wait till the next update, expecting a wireless â“ possibly Bluetooth â“ keyboard and mouse: "I think I'll hang fire on the G5 until I see what Apple does with OS X post-Panther".
		OS X is a key reason people aren't rushing to buy, with many saying they'll wait until G5 machines ship with Panther.
	www.macworld.co.uk /news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=6708 (524 words)

	Biblio: Bookstore information for Hang Fire Books
		Use the form below to quickly search the complete inventory of Hang Fire Books on Biblio.
		Offered by Hang Fire Books (New York, United States)
		Slight wrumpling to top jacket edge and one faint fl smudge on upper edge of spine.
	www.biblio.com /bookstores/hangfirebooks.html (197 words)

	COLD WEATHER MATCHES
		Hey Gang: How many of you out there continue to shoot CAS in the Winter climes?
		I've only done that a couple of times, but I well recall thinking more about the hot coffee & fire pit inbetween the stages more than I did the shooting.
		I definately prefer cold weather to hot, but it is kind of a chore to either shoot with a Winter coat on or strip down to the bare CAS essentials to shoot a stage.
	www.gunfighter.com /cgi-bin/bbs/cowboy/cowboy.cgi?read=53451 (237 words)

	XXLyrics.com - Rolling Stones - Tatoo You - Hang Fire Lyrics
		XXLyrics.com - Rolling Stones - Tatoo You - Hang Fire Lyrics
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	www.xxlyrics.com /R/Rolling_Stones/Tatoo_You/Hang_Fire.htm (135 words)

	VH1.com : Movies : Movie : Trigun: Hang Fire : Main
		VH1.com : Movies : Movie : Trigun: Hang Fire : Main
		All the songs from VH1's twisted pop culture show.
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	www.vh1.com /movies/movie/192750/moviemain.jhtml (49 words)

	Homework Help / Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Happy As A Sandboy - Heavens to Betsy, there's more to the English language than meets the eye!
		And if it sometimes seems like Greek and you're on the verge of the screaming ab dabs then hang fire for just a moment.
		For the complete picture on dozens of our favourite sayings, this site is certainly up to snuff.
	www.nzcal.com /hp/nnonline/homework/index.html (1735 words)

	Tom Swift And His Big Tunnel by Victor Appleton
		adjusting a firing battery in the shack, laughed, and then
		Titus moved for a second, while the deadly fire crept on
		of fire, and calmly pulled out the "tail" of the explosive.
	emotional-literacy-education.com /classic-books-online-c/19tom10.htm (12202 words)

	T. Haviland Hicks Senior by J. Raymond Elderdice - Full Text Free Book (Part 1/4)
		Corridan one day, before Hicks, expressed a fervid ambition to find a huge,
		Here the chronicle must hang fire, while T. Haviland Hicks, Jr., grinning
		college man, a tremendous power for good, at old Bannister, hang in the
	www.fullbooks.com /T-Haviland-Hicks-Senior1.html (15120 words)

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