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Fang Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fang? [n] hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison [n] canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey [n] a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fang: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fang: baby tooth \| beesting \| bicuspid \| bucktooth \| canine \| claws \| clutches \| cog \| comb \| crag \| crown \| cuspid \| cutter \| dart \| deciduous tooth \| dent \| denticle \| denticulation \| dentil \| dentition \| digits \| dogtooth \| eyetooth \| fangs \| fingernails \| fingers \| fore tooth \| gagtooth \| gang tooth \| gold tooth \| grinder \| hands \| harrow \| hooks \| incisor \| jag \| jaws \| mandibles \| maxillae \| meathooks \| milk tooth \| mitts \| molar \| nails \| nippers \| palm \| peak \| pecten \| peg \| permanent tooth \| pincers \| pivot tooth \| pounces \| premolar \| projection \| rake \| ratchet \| sawtooth \| scrivello \| snag \| snaggle \| snaggletooth \| snakebite \| spire \| sprocket \| spur \| steeple \| sting \| stinger \| talons \| tang \| teeth \| tooth \| tush \| tusk \| unguals \| ungulae \| wisdom tooth See Also \| Bantoid language \| Bantu \| canine \| canine tooth \| cuspid \| dogtooth \| eye tooth \| eyetooth \| tooth Fang In Webster's Dictionary \Fang\ (f[a^]ng), v. t. [OE. fangen, fongen, fon (g orig. only in p. p. and imp. tense), AS. f[=o]n; akin to D. vangen, OHG. f[=a]han, G. fahen, fangen, Icel. f[=a], Sw. f[a], f[a]nga, Dan. fange, faae, Goth. fahan, and prob. to E. fair, peace, pact. Cf. {Fair}, a.] 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\, n. [From {Fang}, v. t.; cf. AS. fang a taking, booty, G. fang.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) 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. --Shak. 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.]

Fang Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fang?

[n] hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison
[n] canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey
[n] a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon

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Fang In Webster's Dictionary

\Fang\ (f[a^]ng), v. t. [OE. fangen, fongen, fon (g orig.
only in p. p. and imp. tense), AS. f[=o]n; akin to D. vangen,
OHG. f[=a]han, G. fahen, fangen, Icel. f[=a], Sw. f[*a],
f[*a]nga, Dan. fange, faae, Goth. fahan, and prob. to E.
fair, peace, pact. Cf. {Fair}, a.]
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\, n. [From {Fang}, v. t.; cf. AS. fang a taking,
booty, G. fang.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) 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.    --Shak.

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.]

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