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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[D.

vangen

to catch, seize. See

(Naut.)

A rope to steady the peak of a gaff.

, n.

The vangs of a ship are a sort of braces to steady the mizen-gaff.

The thin membranous part or web of a feather.

See also: vang, Vang, vàng, and vắng

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