Stang

[stæŋ]

Definition

(-) imp. of Sting.

(n.) A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.

(n.) In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.

(v. i.) To shoot with pain.

(-) of Sting

Edited by Alison

Definition

n. a wooden bar a pole.—Riding the stang a popular manner of punishing an unpopular man by carrying him astride of a stang.

v.i. (prov.) to throb with pain—also a Scotch form of sting.

Edited by Jessica