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- Fang - a. - To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch.
- Fang - a. - To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
- Fang - v. t. - 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.
- Fang - v. t. - Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.
- Fang - v. t. - The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See Tooth.
- Fang - v. t. - A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course.
- Fang - v. t. - 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.
- Fang - v. t. - The valve of a pump box.
- Fang - v. t. - A bend or loop of a rope.
- Fanged - a. - Having fangs or tusks; as, a fanged adder. Also used figuratively.
- Fangle - v. t. - Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.
- Fangle - v. t. - To fashion.
- Fangled - a. - New made; hence, gaudy; showy; vainly decorated. [Obs., except with the prefix new.] See Newfangled.
- Fangleness - n. - Quality of being fangled.
- Fangless - a. - Destitute of fangs or tusks.
- Fangot - n. - A quantity of wares, as raw silk, etc., from one hundred weight.
- Sting - v. t. - Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion.
- Prong - n. - The fang of a tooth.