GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found one definition

  1.       
    
    Pendent , a. [L. pendens, -entis, p. pr. of pendere to hang, to be suspended. Cf. Pendant.]
    1. Supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous; hanging; as, a pendent leaf. “The pendent world.”
      Shak.

      1913 Webster

      Often their tresses, when shaken, with pendent icicles tinkle.
      Longfellow.

      1913 Webster

    2. Jutting over; projecting; overhanging. “A vapor sometime like a . . . pendent rock.”
      Shak.

      1913 Webster