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▪ I. ˈfire-fang, n.
[f. next vb.]
The state of being fire-fanged or overheated.
1813W. Leslie Surv. Nairn 454. 1855 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XVI. ii. 328 Suppose the oxygen had been supplied to the decaying mass..would there have been any firefang?
▪ II. ˈfire-fang, v. Obs. exc. dial.
[f. fire n. + fang v.1]
trans. To lay hold of with fire; to singe, scorch; in quot. absol. Also jocosely of the burning of heretics. Obs. in gen. sense.
1562Scott N.Y. Gift to Quene x. in Bannatyne Poems (1770) 245 And quha eit flesch on Fridayis was fyre-fangit. 1618M. Baret Horsemanship i. 37 A hasty fire does not only firefange..but also taketh away the true rellish. 1896Vermont Agric. Rep. XV. 72 There is danger if ensilage contains more than 25 per cent of dry matter that it will fire-fang in the silo.
Hence ˈfire-fanged ppl. a., † (a) gen. caught by the fire, singed, scorched (obs.); (b) spec. of barley, oatmeal, etc., of manure and straw; also of cheese: Having a scorched or singed appearance, smell, or taste, as if overheated. ˈfire-fanging vbl. n., the action of the vb.
1513Douglas æneis xii. v. 202 This Chorineus..Ruschit on his fa, thus fyrefangit and onsaucht. 1615Markham Eng. Housew. ii. vii. (1668) 166 Too..hasty a fire scorcheth and burneth it [i.e. the Malt], which is called among Maltsters Fire-fang'd. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Malt, With a moderate Fire, for fear of Fire-fanging. 1790Grose Prov. Gloss. (ed. 2), Fire-fanged, fire-bitten. Spoken of oatmeal &c. that is overdried. North. 1808Jamieson s.v., Cheese is said to be firefangit, when it is swelled and cracked, and has received a peculiar taste, in consequence of being exposed to much heat before it has been dried. 1869Lonsdale Gloss., Fire-fanged, of oats or barley too hastily dried in the kiln. |