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   Pendent , a. [L. pendens, -entis, p. pr. of pendere to hang, to be suspended. Cf. Pendant.]
    Supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous; hanging; as, a pendent leaf. “The pendent world.” 
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   Often their tresses, when shaken, with pendent icicles tinkle.
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   Jutting over; projecting; overhanging. “A vapor sometime like a . . . pendent rock.”
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