denote any kind of drapery hung up against the walls or wainscoting of a room. Paper-Hangings. See Paper-Hangings. Wood-Hangings. See Tapestry.

HANGCLIFF, a remarkable point of land on the east coast of the largest of the Shetland islands. It is frequently the first land seen by ships in northern voy- ages. Captain Phipps determined its situation to be in W. Long. 36° 30', N. Lat. 60° 9'.