fang

fang
\ \ [11] Fang originally meant ‘prey, spoils’ – a sense which survived well into the 18th century (‘Snap went the sheers, then in a wink, The fang was stow’d behind a bink \’, Morrison, Poems 1790). It was related to a verb fangtake, capture’ which was very common in the Old and Middle English period, and which, like its surviving cousins German fangen, Dutch vangen, and Swedish fånga, goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *fangg- (English newfangled [15] is a memory of it). The application of the word to an animal’s tooth does not emerge until as late as the 16th century, and although the broad semantic connection between ‘seizing’ and ‘sharp canine tooth’ is clear, the precise mechanism behind the development is not known.
\ \ Cf.NEWFANGLED

Word origins - 2ed. . 2005.

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  • Fang Xi — (方腊) was a rebel in the Song Dynasty and also a nemesis of the 108 heroes of Liangshan in the epic Chinese tale, the Water Margin .Pronunciation of the nameThe Han characters 方腊 are pronounced as Fang Xi rather than Fang La . The confusion was… …   Wikipedia

  • Fang Xi — (方腊), ou Fang La (prononciation erronée du même nom), fut un rebelle du temps de la dynastie Song en Chine, relié à l histoire des 108 héroïques brigands du célèbre roman chinois Shuǐ Hǔ (水浒), « Le Bord de l eau ». Prononciation du nom… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Fang — /fang, fahng, fahonn/, n., pl. Fangs, (esp. collectively) Fang for 1. 1. Also called Pahouin, Pangwe. a member of an indigenous people of Gabon, Cameroon, and adjacent areas. 2. the Bantu language spoken by this people. Also, Fan. * * * Bantu… …   Universalium

  • FANG — Les Fang, qui étaient 125 000 en 1958, forment plus du tiers de la population du Gabon, dont ils occupent le Nord et l’Ouest (ils étaient 425 000 en 1992, au Gabon). Leur groupe se prolonge au delà des frontières, en Guinée équatoriale orientale… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • fang — fang; fang·less; har·fang; in·fang·thief; lee·fang; out·fang·thief; ut·fang·thief; de·fang; ut·fang·thef; …   English syllables

  • Fang — Fang, n. [From {Fang}, v. t.; cf. AS. fang a taking, booty, G. fang.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) 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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fang La — Fāng Là (chinois simplifié : 方腊 ; chinois traditionnel : 方臘) fut un rebelle du temps de la dynastie Song en Chine, relié à l histoire des 108 héroïques brigands du célèbre roman chinois Au bord de l eau (水滸 Shuǐ Hǔ). La révolte de… …   Wikipédia en Français

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  • Fang — (f[a^]ng), v. t. [OE. fangen, fongen, fon (g orig. only in p. p. and imp. tense), AS. f[=o]n; akin to D. vangen, OHG. f[=a]han, G. fahen, fangen, Icel. f[=a], Sw. f[*a], f[*a]nga, Dan. fange, faae, Goth. fahan, and prob. to E. fair, peace, pact.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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