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fang

1  [fang]
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–noun
1. one of the long, sharp, hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake by which poison is injected.
2. a canine tooth.
3. a tooth resembling a dog's.
4. the root of a tooth.
5. one of the chelicerae of a spider.
6. a pointed, tapering part of a thing.
7. Machinery. the tang of a tool.
Origin:
bef. 1050; ME, OE: something caught; c. G Fang capture, booty, ON fang a grasp, hold. See fang 2

Related forms:
fanged  [fangd] , adjective
fangless, adjective
fanglike, adjective
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fang

2  [fang]
–verb (used with object) British Dialect.
to seize; grab.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME fangen to seize, catch; c. OS fangan, G fangen, var. of proto-Gmc *fanhan-, whence OE fōn, c. OS, OHG, Goth fāhan, ON fā; akin to OE gefangian to fasten

Fang

  [fang, fahng, fahn]
–noun, plural Fangs, (especially collectively) Fang for 1.
1. Also called Pahouin, Pangwe. a member of an indigenous people of Gabon, Cameroon, and adjacent areas.
2. the Bantu language spoken by this people.
Also, Fan.
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fang   (fāng)   
n.  

  1. Any of the hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake with which it injects its poison.

  2. Any of the canine teeth of a carnivorous animal, such as a dog or wolf, with which it seizes and tears its prey.

  3. A long, sharp, pointed tooth, especially a canine tooth.

  4. The root of a tooth or a pronglike division of such a root.

  5. A fanglike structure, especially a chelicera of a venomous spider.


[Middle English, booty, spoils, something seized, from Old English; see pag- in Indo-European roots.]
fanged adj.
Fang   (fāng, fäng, fäɴ)   
n.   pl. Fang or Fangs

  1. A member of a people inhabiting Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Cameroon.

  2. The Bantu language of the Fang.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

fang 
O.E. fang "prey, spoils, a seizing or taking," from gefangen, pp. of fon "seize, take, capture," from P.Gmc. *fango- (cf. O.N. fanga, Ger. fangen), from PIE base *pank-/*pak- "to make firm, fix;" connected to L. pax (gen. pacis) "peace." The sense of "canine tooth" (1555) probably developed from O.E. fengtoð, lit. "catching- or grasping-tooth."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: fang
Pronunciation: 'fa[ng]
Function: noun
1 a : a long sharp tooth: as (1) : one by which an animal's prey is seized and heldor torn (2) : one of the long hollow or grooved and often erectile teeth of a venomous snake b : one of a spider's chelicerae at the tip of which a poison gland opens
2 : the root of a tooth or one of the processes or prongs into which a root divides —fanged /'fa[ng]d/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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