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Fang
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) The valve of a pump box.
(2):
(v. t.) The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See Tooth.
(3):
(v. t.) A bend or loop of a rope.
(4):
(a.) To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch.
(5):
(a.) To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
(6):
(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.
(7):
(v. t.) Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.
(8):
(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.
(9):
(v. t.) A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Fang'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/f/fang.html. 1828.
