 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Fang
noun
1: a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon
2: canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear
its prey
3: hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject
its poison
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fang \Fang\, noun [From {Fang}, verb (used with an object); cf. AS. fang a taking,
booty, G. fang.]
1. (Zo["o]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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fang \Fang\ (f[a^]ng), verb (used with an object) [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}, adjective]
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.
''Chariots fanged with scythes.'' --Philips.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "fang":
baby tooth, beesting, bicuspid, bucktooth, canine, claws, clutches,
cog, comb, crag, crown, cuspid, cutter, dart, deciduous tooth,
dent, denticle, denticulation, dentil, dentition, digits, dogtooth,
eyetooth, fangs, fingernails, fingers, fore tooth, gagtooth,
gang tooth, gold tooth, grinder, hands, harrow, hooks, incisor,
jag, jaws, mandibles, maxillae, meathooks, milk tooth, mitts,
molar, nails, nippers, palm, peak, pecten, peg, permanent tooth,
pincers, pivot tooth, pounces, premolar, projection, rake, ratchet,
sawtooth, scrivello, snag, snaggle, snaggletooth, snakebite, spire,
sprocket, spur, steeple, sting, stinger, talons, tang, teeth,
tooth, tush, tusk, unguals, ungulae, wisdom tooth
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