"fang" Definition

Definitions for the word "fang" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. a.
To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See Tooth.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
The valve of a pump box.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
A bend or loop of a rope.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
1 canine tooth, esp. Of a dog or wolf. 2 tooth of a venomous snake. 3 root of a tooth or its prong. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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