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English Dictionary: clang by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clang
n
  1. a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells"
    Synonym(s): clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash
v
  1. make a loud noise; "clanging metal" [syn: clang, clangor]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clang \Clang\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clanged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Clanging}.] [L. clangere; akin to Gr. [?] to clash, scream;
      or perh. to E. clank.]
      To strike together so as to produce a ringing metallic sound.
  
               The fierce Caretes . . . clanged their sounding arms.
                                                                              --Prior.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clang \Clang\, v. i.
      To give out a clang; to resound. [bd]Clanging hoofs.[b8]
      --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clang \Clang\, n.
      1. A loud, ringing sound, like that made by metallic
            substances when clanged or struck together.
  
                     The broadsword's deadly clang, As if a thousand
                     anvils rang.                                       --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      2. (Mus.) Quality of tone.
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