Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (4)
1.
a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon;
2.
an appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom;
usually evolved from the legs;
3.
canine tooth of a carnivorous animal;
used to seize and tear its prey;
4.
hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake;
used to inject its poison;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fang \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.
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He's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged.
--J. Webster.
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2. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
"Chariots fanged with scythes." --Philips.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fang \Fang\, n. [From Fang, v. 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.
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Since I am a dog, beware my fangs. --Shak.
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2. Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.
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The protuberant fangs of the yucca. --Evelyn.
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3. (Anat.) The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a
tooth. See Tooth.
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4. (Mining) A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an
air course. --Knight.
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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.
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6. (Naut.)
(a) The valve of a pump box.
(b) A bend or loop of a rope.
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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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Fang
n 1: a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon
2: an appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom;
usually evolved from the legs
3: canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear
its prey
4: hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject
its poison