fang

Noun
Synonyms: Fang

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  1. a Bantu language spoken in CameroonSynonyms: Fang
  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
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

He's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged.— J. Webster.[1913 Webster]

2.To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs. "Chariots fanged with scythes." --Philips. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Since I am a dog, beware my fangs.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken. [1913 Webster]

The protuberant fangs of the yucca.— Evelyn.[1913 Webster]

3.(Anat.) The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See Tooth. [1913 Webster]

4.(Mining) A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course. --Knight. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

6.(Naut.) (a) The valve of a pump box. (b) A bend or loop of a rope. [1913 Webster]

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.] [1913 Webster]

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