Fang
Fang (fang) , transitive verb
[Old English fangen, fongen, fon (g orig. only in p. p. and imp. tense), Anglo-Saxon fōn; akin to Dutch vangen, Old High German fāhan, German fahen, fangen, Icelandic fā, Swedish få, fånga, Danish fange, faae, Gothic fahan, and prob. to English fair, peace, pact. Compare Fair, a.]
1.
To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
He's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged.
2.
To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
Chariots fanged with scythes.
Fang , noun
[From Fang, transitive verb; compare Anglo-Saxon fang a taking, booty, German fang.]
1.
(Zoology) 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.
2.
Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.
The protuberant fangs of the yucca.
3.
(Anatomy) 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.
(Mechanics) 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.
(a) (Nautical) The valve of a pump box.
(b)
(Nautical) A bend or loop of a rope.
Collocations (3)
In a fang , fast entangled.
To lose the fang , said of a pump when the water has gone out
To fang a pump , to supply it with the water necessary to make it operate. [Scottish]