Definition of "fang"

fang¹

/fæŋ/

noun
plural fangs
1. A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.
2. A long pointed tooth in snakes, for injecting venom.
3. (mathematics) Either of the two factors that make a number a vampire number.
verb
third-person singular simple present fangs, present participle fanging, simple past and past participle fanged
1. (rare) To strike or attack with the fangs.
2. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
  Quotations
  chariots fang'd with scythes
  1722, Ambrose Philips, The Briton

/fæŋ/

/fæŋ/

noun
plural fangs
1. (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
2. That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
3. Any projection, catch, shoot, or other thing by which hold is taken; a prehensile part or organ.
  Quotations
  Now take out your Indian Tuberoſes, parting the Off-ſets (but with care, leſt you break their fangs) then pot them in natural (not forc'd) Earth; [...] the protuberant fangs of the Yuca are to be treated like the Tuberoſes.
  1669, John Evelyn, “Kalendarium Hortense: Or The Gard’ners Almanac; […] [April.].”, in Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], 3rd edition, London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, page 15
4. (mining) A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air.
5. (mining, rare, in the plural) Catches on which the coal mining cage rests while cars are being moved on and off.
6. (nautical) The coil or bend of a rope; (by extension) a noose; a trap.
7. (nautical) The valve of a pump box.
verb
third-person singular simple present fangs, present participle fanging, simple past and past participle fanged
1. (Scotland, transitive) To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.

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