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fang

1   [fang]
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.
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6.
a pointed, tapering part of a thing.
7.
Machinery. the tang of a tool.
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Origin:
before 1050; Middle English, Old English: something caught; cognate with German Fang capture, booty, Old Norse fang a grasp, hold. See fang2

Related forms
fanged  [fangd] , adjective
fang·less, adjective
fang·like, adjective
un·fanged, adjective

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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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fang

2   [fang]
verb (used with object) British Dialect.
to seize; grab.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English fangen to seize, catch; cognate with Old Saxon fangan, German fangen, variant of proto-Germanic *fanhan-, whence Old English fōn, cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German, Gothic fāhan, Old Norse fā; akin to Old English 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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fang1 (fæŋ)
 
—n
1.  the long pointed hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake through which venom is injected
2.  any large pointed tooth, esp the canine or carnassial tooth of a carnivorous mammal
3.  the root of a tooth
4.  informal (Brit) (usually plural) tooth: clean your fangs
 
[Old English fang what is caught, prey; related to Old Norse fang a grip, German Fang booty]
 
fanged1
 
—adj
 
'fangless1
 
—adj
 
'fanglike1
 
—adj

fang2 (fæŋ)
 
—vb
1.  to drive at great speed
 
—n
2.  an act or instance of driving in such a way: we took the car for a fang
 
[C20: from Juan Manuel Fangio]

Fang (fæŋ, fɑːŋ)
 
—n , Fangs, Fang
1.  a member of a Negroid people of W Africa, living chiefly in the rain forests of Gabon and Rio Muni: noted for their use of iron and copper money and for their sculpture
2.  the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family

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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
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developed from O.E. fengtoð, lit. "catching- or grasping-tooth."
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fang   (fāng)  Pronunciation Key 
A long, pointed tooth in vertebrate animals or a similar structure in spiders, used to seize prey and sometimes to inject venom. The fangs of a poisonous snake, for example, have a hollow groove through which venom flows.
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