fang : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fang	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fang n a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon an appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom; usually evolved from the legs canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fang \Fang\, n. [From {Fang}, v. t.; cf. AS. fang a taking, booty, G. fang.] 1. (Zo[94]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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fang \Fang\ (f[acr]ng), v. t. [OE. fangen, fongen, fon (g orig. only in p. p. and imp. tense), AS. f[omac]n; akin to D. vangen, OHG. f[be]han, G. fahen, fangen, Icel. f[be], Sw. f[aring], f[aring]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. [bd]Chariots fanged with scythes.[b8] --Philips.