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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

fǎng

fǎng

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

Mandarin

Romanization

fǎng (Zhuyin ㄈㄤˇ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 仿
  2. Pinyin transcription of 倣
  3. Pinyin transcription of 形
  4. Pinyin transcription of 放
  5. Pinyin transcription of 旊
  6. Pinyin transcription of 昉
  7. Pinyin transcription of 昘
  8. Pinyin transcription of 瓬
  9. Pinyin transcription of 眆
  10. Pinyin transcription of 紡, 纺
  11. Pinyin transcription of 舫
  12. Pinyin transcription of 訪, 访
  13. Pinyin transcription of 邠
  14. Pinyin transcription of 髣
  15. Pinyin transcription of 鶭
  16. Pinyin transcription of 㑂

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