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Webster 1913 Edition


Fang

Fang

(făng)
,
Verb.
T.
[OE.
fangen
,
fongen
,
fon
(g orig. only in p. p. and imp. tense), AS.
fōn
; akin to D.
vangen
, OHG.
fāhan
, G.
fahen
,
fangen
, Icel.
fā
, Sw.
få
,
fånga
, Dan.
fange
,
faae
, Goth.
fahan
, and prob. to E.
fair
,
peace
,
pact
. Cf.
Fair
,
Adj.
]
1.
To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch.
[Obs.]
Shak.
He’s in the law's clutches; you see he's
fanged
.
J. Webster.
2.
To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
“Chariots fanged with scythes.”
Philips.

Fang

,
Noun.
[From
Fang
,
Verb.
T.
; cf. AS.
fang
a taking, booty, G.
fang
.]
1.
(Zool.)
The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider.
Since I am a dog, beware my
fangs
.
Shakespeare
2.
Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.
The protuberant
fangs
of the yucca.
Evelyn.
3.
(Anat.)
The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See
Tooth
.
4.
(Mining)
A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course.
Knight.
5.
(Mech.)
A projecting tooth or prong, as in a part of a lock, or the plate of a belt clamp, or the end of a tool, as a chisel, where it enters the handle.
6.
(Naut.)
(a)
The valve of a pump box.
(b)
A bend or loop of a rope.
In a fang
,
fast entangled.
To lose the fang
,
said of a pump when the water has gone out
; hence:
To fang a pump
,
to supply it with the water necessary to make it operate.
[Scot.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Fang

FANG

,
Verb.
T.
[See Finger.]
To catch; to seize; to lay hold; to gripe; to clutch. Obs.

FANG

, n.
1.
The tusk of a boar or other animal by which the prey is seized and held; a pointed tooth.
2.
A claw or talon.
3.
Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.
The protuberant fangs of the Yuca.

Definition 2024


Fang

Fang

See also: fang, fáng, fàng, fāng, Fāng, and fǎng

English

Proper noun

Fang

  1. (collective) A people of western Africa.
  2. The dominant Bantu language of Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, spoken by 1.3 million people, also called Pahouin.
  3. A Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon, spoken by only 2400 people, so called because it is spoken in the village of Fang.

Translations

See also


Fang (Guinea)

Proper noun

Fang

  1. Fang people
  2. Fang language (Pahouin)

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aŋ

Noun

Fang m (genitive Fanges, plural Fänge)

  1. catch, capture
  2. booty, prey
  3. haul, draught
  4. fang, talon, claw, tusk
  5. (hunting) coup de grâce
  6. hunting, fishing (fish, whales)

Declension

fang

fang

See also: Fang, fáng, fàng, fāng, Fāng, and fǎng

English

Verb

fang (third-person singular simple present fangs, present participle fanging, simple past and past participle fanged)

  1. (transitive, dialectal or archaic) To catch, capture; seize; grip; clutch; lay hold of.
  2. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To take; receive with assent; accept.
  3. (transitive, obsolete, as a guest) To receive with hospitality; welcome.
  4. (transitive, obsolete, a thing given or imposed) To receive.
  5. (transitive, dialectal) To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English fang, feng (a catching, capture, seizing), from Old English fang, feng (grip, embrace, grasp, grasping, capture, prey, booty, plunder), from Proto-Germanic *fangą, *fangiz, *fanhiz (catch, catching, seizure), from *fanhaną (to catch, capture), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ǵ- (to fasten). Cognate with Scots fang (that which is taken, capture, catch, prey, booty), Dutch vang (a catch), Low German fangst (a catch), German Fang (a catch, capture, booty), Swedish fång, fångst, Icelandic fang. Related also to Latin pangere (to solidify, drive in), Albanian mpij (to benumb, stiffen), Ancient Greek πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, to stiffen, firm up), Sanskrit पाशयति (pāśayati, (s)he binds)|tr=pāśáyati.

Noun

fang (plural fangs)

  1. (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
  2. That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
  3. Any projection, catch, shoot, or other thing by which hold is taken; a prehensile part or organ.
    • Evelyn
      the protuberant fangs of the yucca
  4. (mining) A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air.
  5. (rare, in the plural) Cage-shuts.
  6. (nautical) The coil or bend of a rope; (by extension) a noose; a trap.
  7. (nautical) The valve of a pump box.
Derived terms

Verb

fang (third-person singular simple present fangs, present participle fanging, simple past and past participle fanged)

  1. (Scotland, transitive) To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.

Etymology 3

From an abbreviation of fangtooth, from Middle English *fangtooth, *fengtooth, from Old English fængtōþ, fengtōþ (canine tooth, literally catch-tooth). Cognate with German Fangzahn (fang, literally catch-tooth) and Dutch vangtand.

Noun

fang (plural fangs)

  1. a long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh
  2. (in snakes) a long pointed tooth for injecting venom
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

fang (third-person singular simple present fangs, present participle fanging, simple past and past participle fanged)

  1. (rare) To strike or attack with the fangs.
  2. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
    • Philips
      chariots fanged with scythes

Catalan

Noun

fang m (plural fangs)

  1. mud

See also


Danish

Verb

fang

  1. imperative of fange
  1. Catch.
  2. Capture.
Fang mig!
Catch me!

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aŋ

Verb

fang

  1. Imperative singular of fangen.

Mandarin

Romanization

fang

  1. Nonstandard spelling of fāng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of fáng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of fǎng.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of fàng.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

fang n (definite singular fanget, indefinite plural fang, definite plural fanga or fangene)

  1. lap

Verb

fang

  1. imperative of fange

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fangą, *fangiz, *fanhiz (catch, catching, seizure), from *fanhaną (to catch, capture).

Pronunciation

Noun

fang m

  1. plunder, booty

Declension

Related terms


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fang (compare Welsh gwanc (voracity))

Noun

fang f (genitive singular fainge, plural fangan)

  1. vulture
  2. raven

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
  • fang” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.