Fang
[fæŋ]
Definition
(noun.) hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison.
(noun.) canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey.
(noun.) an appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom; usually evolved from the legs.
(noun.) a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon.
Typist: Trevor--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch.
(a.) To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.
(v. t.) The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See Tooth.
(v. t.) A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) The valve of a pump box.
(v. t.) A bend or loop of a rope.
Editor: Wendell
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Tusk, pointed tooth.[2]. Claw, talon, nail.
Checked by Joy
Definition
n. the tooth of a ravenous beast: a claw or talon: the venom-tooth of a serpent: (Shak.) a grip catch.—v.t. (obs.) to seize upon catch.—adjs. Fanged having fangs clutches or anything resembling them; Fang′less having no fangs or tusks: toothless.—Lose the fang (of a pump) to be dry to have no water (Scot.).
Checker: Willa
Examples
- Quater fang tooce! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Swear the man,' growled Mr. Fang, with a very ill grace. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Mr. Fang, you must hear me. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Jealousy had got hold of him: she stung him; but the sting was salutary: it gave him respite from the gnawing fang of melancholy. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Summarily,' replied Mr. Fang. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Stand away, officer,' cried Fang; 'let him, if he likes. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Mr. Fang sat silent for some minutes, and then, turning round to the prosecutor, said in a towering passion. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I knew he was shamming,' said Fang, as if this were incontestable proof of the fact. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He closed his book hastily; and was at once ushered into the imposing presence of the renowned Mr. Fang. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- On recognising him, the fang of the snake Jealousy was instantly broken; because at the same moment my love for Celine sank under an extinguisher. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I know better,' said Mr. Fang. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- For example, the sound fang meant not only boat, but a place, spinning, fragrant, inquire, and several other meanings according to the context. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Now,' said Fang, 'what's the charge against this boy? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Hold your tongue, sir,' said Mr. Fang. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Sharp talons and cruel fangs had torn leg, arm, and breast literally to ribbons. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Then she was dragged toward those awful fangs which yawned at her throat. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- She immediately fell into the slave-trader's fangs, and was doomed for the New Orleans market. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- How they looked beside the mighty lips and powerful fangs of his more fortunate brothers! Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- This second Eumaeus strode hastily down the forest glade, driving before him, with the assistance of Fangs, the whole herd of his inharmonious charge. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Instantly a score of cruel fangs and keen talons were sunk into my flesh; cold, sucking lips fastened themselves upon my arteries. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Then why should you shackle poor Gurth, uncle, for the fault of his dog Fangs? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Toller lets him loose every night, and God help the trespasser whom he lays his fangs upon. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I have one here without the fangs, and Teddy catches it every night to please the folk in the canteen. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- With the exception of two yellow fangs she was entirely toothless. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Before him lay the deep waters of the little lake, behind him certain death; a cruel death beneath tearing claws and rending fangs. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- To think of that beautiful creature torn and rended by the cruel fangs of the hideous white apes! Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Every vine and bush seemed but the lurking-place of some huge and horrible beast waiting to bury gleaming fangs into her soft flesh. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- But his fangs never closed in that nut brown flesh. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- An asp was smuggled to her past the Roman sentries, concealed in a basket of figs, and by its fangs she died. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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