fang

noun19

1. •
   A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.
2. •
   A long, pointed tooth in snakes, used for injecting venom.
3. •
   A pointed extension of the chelicera in spiders, used for injecting venom.
4. •
   (informal) Synonym of tooth, particularly in humans.
5. •
   Any item, body part, or projection used for or capable of catching or seizing.
6. •
   [in the plural] (rare) Catches on which a coalmining cage rests while cars are being moved on and off.
7. •
   Synonym of root, the part of a tooth embedded in the gums.
8. •
   Synonym of spike or prong, any sharp projection.
9. •
   Synonym of tang, the projection of a piece of metal intended to be driven into a shaft for holding.
10. •
    Either of the two factors that make a number a vampire number.
11. •
    (dialect, Scotland) A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
12. •
    (dialect, Scotland) That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
13. •
    The valve of a pump-box.
14. •
    (dialect) A channel cut or pipe set for the purpose of carrying fresh air to working miners.
15. •
    (no longer used) Synonym of mandible, the long mouthpart of insects and other invertebrates.
16. •
    (no longer used) Synonym of trap or noose.
17. •
    (no longer used) Synonym of root, a major projection of a plant's root system.
18. •
    (no longer used) Synonym of claw or talon.
19. •
    (no longer used) Synonym of vang, a line extended from the end of a gaff to control its position.

verb9

1. •
   (rare) To strike or attack with the fangs.
2. •
   (Australia, slang) To drive, ride, etc. at high speed or recklessly.

   • Soph was probably out drag-racing with Draz, or fanging down some brightly lit street somewhere hanging out Draz's brother's sunroof and waving at passers-by and screaming. — 2008
3. •
   To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.

   • chariots fang'd with scythes — 1722
4. •
   (Scotland) To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.
5. •
   (dialect) To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.
6. •
   (dialect, no longer used) To take; receive with assent; accept.
7. •
   (no longer used) To receive with hospitality.
8. •
   (no longer used) To receive.
9. •
   (dialect, no longer used) To catch, capture; seize.

   • Gentlemen, break not the head of the peace: it's to no purpose, for he's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged. — 1605

noun[plural only]1

1. •
   A people of western Africa.