fangn.¹

/fæŋ/

Forms: Also 1600s phang(e.

Etymology: Old English fang , cognate with Old Frisian fang masculine, Old Norse fang neuter, Middle High German fang , vanc masculine, repr. Old Germanic *fango- , < root of *fanhan (see fang v.¹).

I. The act or fact of catching or seizing.

†1.

a. A capture, catch. Also a tight grasp, a grip. in fang with: in the embrace, under the protection of. (Cf. ON. í fang, in one's arms.)

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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > having care or custody (of) [phrase] > in the care or custody of

under a person's hand (also hands)OE

under the wing ofc1230

in fang witha1400

in yemea1400

among the hands ofa1533

in charge (of)1548

under the umbrage of1677

the mind > possession > taking > seizing > catching or capture > [noun] > that which is caught or captured

fanga1400

hale1572

catch1609

taking1855

catch-up1879

the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [noun] > firmness of hold > grip or grasp

gripOE

handgripOE

holtc1375

cleeka1400

handfast1540

handy-gripe1542

handigrip1579

gripple1596

fang1597

grasp1609

clutch1785

death grip1792

a1400–50 Alexander 1725 In fang with my faire godis.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 1219 King Eduuard was rycht fayn off that fang.

1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 41 Whome he once gettethe with full fange into his gripinge clowches he howldeth faster than catt the mowce.

a1616 Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. i. 6 The Icie phange And churlish chiding of the winters winde.

b. Sc. In phrase to lose the fang: ‘to miss one's aim, to fail in an attempt’ (Jamieson). Also of a pump (see quot. 1825).

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1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word), A pump well is said to lose the fang, when the water quits the pump.

2. concr. That which is caught or taken; captured game; booty, plunder, spoils (obs. exc. Sc.). Hence, in Sc. Law of a thief: caught, taken with the fang.

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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > spoil or plunder

reifOE

fang1016

fengc1175

purchasec1325

predec1330

robberyc1330

robbingsc1330

spoila1340

spoila1382

chevisance1393

waitha1400

fee14..

pilferc1400

pelfa1425

spreathc1425

butinc1450

emprisec1450

gain1473

despoil1474

pelfry?a1475

pilfery1489

spulyie1507

cheat1566

bootinga1572

booty1574

escheat1587

boot1598

exuvial1632

bootyn1635

polling1675

expilation1715

prog1727

swag1794

filch1798

spreaghery1814

stake1819

1016 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) [Hi] fang woldon fon.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15434 Quen..Iudas þus receiued had his fang.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3728 Was þou not at me right now, And fedd me wit þi fang i trau?

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 4801 Quen ȝe fondyn haue ȝour fange.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 71 Gif ane man apprehends in his house ane theif, with the fang of the thift.

1728 Biggar Council Proc. The fangs (plunder) being found in his house.

1790 Morrison Poems 110 Snap went the sheers, then in a wink, The fang was stow'd behind a bink.

II. An instrument for catching or holding.

†3. A noose, trap. In quots. fig. Obs.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun]

grinc825

trapa1000

snarea1100

swikea1100

granea1250

springec1275

gina1300

gnarea1325

stringc1325

trebuchet1362

latch?a1366

leashc1374

snarlc1380

foot gina1382

foot-grina1382

traina1393

sinewa1400

snatcha1400

foot trapa1425

haucepyc1425

slingc1425

engine1481

swar1488

frame1509

brakea1529

fang1535

fall trap1570

spring1578

box-trapa1589

spring trapa1589

sprint1599

noosec1600

springle1602

springe1607

toil1607

plage1608

deadfall1631

puppy snatch1650

snickle1681

steel trap1735

figure (of) four1743

gun-trap1749

stamp1788

stell1801

springer1813

sprent1822

livetrap1823

snaphance1831

catch pole1838

twitch-up1841

basket-trap1866

pole trap1879

steel fall1895

tread-trap1952

conibear trap1957

conibear1958

the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > predicament or straits > from which it is difficult to be extricated

pounda1500

quavemire1530

fang1535

quamire1555

pit1577

quagmire1577

bog1614

hobble1775

vortex1779

quag1842

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. I. 470 The Britis fled, and wes fane of that fang To leif the Romanis in the thickest thrang.

1794 W. Anderson Piper of Peebles 277 The Laird was fairly in a fang, An' naething for him now but hang.

a. A canine tooth; a tusk. In pl. applied gen. to the teeth of dogs, wolves, or other animals remarkable for strength of jaw.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > a harmful thing or person > thing

thornc1230

plaguea1382

foea1393

evila1400

flaw1481

detriment?1504

tooth1546

fang1555

decay1563

bane1577

dagger1600

scourge1603

cursea1616

blighter1821

bacillus1883

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > mouth > tooth or tusk > fangs

fang1555

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > mouth > tooth or tusk

tuska900

tusclec1000

broach1607

crotchet1678

fang1700

ivory1894

1555 R. Eden tr. G. F. de Oviedo y Valdés Summarie Gen. Hist. West Indies in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 187^v, Theyr fanges or dogge teeth.

1613 T. Heywood Silver Age iii. 157 These phangs shall gnaw vpon your cruded bones.

1700 Dryden tr. Ovid Meleager & Atalanta in Fables 110 The fatal Fang drove deep within his Thigh.

1768 T. Gray Descent of Odin in Poems 88 Eyes that glow, and fangs, that grin.

1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 58 This is done by inserting his [a leech's] three fangs into the skin.

1867 R. W. Emerson May-day & Other Pieces 98 Wolves shed their fangs.

fig.a1616 Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. v. 176 By the verie phangs of malice, I sweare I am not that I play. a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianae Flamma (1635) 191 Fast in the Iron fangs of that Foxe Herod.1794 C. J. Fox Speeches 21 Jan. in Wks. (1815) V. 159 The relentless fangs of despotism.1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. i. 30 Sufficient to bring him within the fangs of the recent statute.1867 Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. lii. 89 Having strong hopes..that Grace's father might escape the fangs of justice.

b. In various transferred uses: (see quots.).

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1694 Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) ii. 123 The Phangs of a Tooth-drawer.

1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad vii. 282 The anchor's moony fangs.

1789 Trans. Soc. Arts 7 193 The fangs on the fliers are alternately driven.

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Fang, a fin. From the fancied resemblance of their pointed ends to long teeth.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xlvi. 423 The water-line was toothed with fangs of broken ice.

1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 14 Fangs of crystal set on edge in his demesne.

†c. pl. The mandibles of an insect. Obs.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > head > mouth-parts or trophi > mandible(s)

fang1609

mandibula1798

mandible1816

1609 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie vi. sig. G2^v, The wax they gather with their fangs.

1712 J. Warder True Amazons 3 Her [sc. a Bee's] Fangs, or Mouth, wherein are her Teeth.

d. The venom-tooth of a serpent; also the claws, provided with poison-ducts, which terminate the cheliceræ of a spider.

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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > parts of > fang

sting1530

fang1800

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > member of (spider) > parts of > chelicera > claw having poison-duct

fang1800

1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 295 The punctures made by the poisonous fangs were evident.

1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xiii. 264 The fang of a viper..is a perforated tooth.

1855 C. Kingsley Heroes ii. 206 Where are your spider's fangs?

1862 C. Darwin Var. Contriv. Orchids Fertilised v. 220 Each horn is tubular, like an adder's fang.

1875 Cambridge in Encycl. Brit. II. 294 The channel [of the poison] running completely through the fang [in a spider].

fig.1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend The serpent fang of this error.1849 F. W. Robertson Serm. 1st Ser. xiii. 224 The fang of evil pierces the heel of the noblest as he treads it down.

e. colloq. A human tooth. Also Comb. and fig.

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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > tooth or teeth > [noun]

teetha900

munpinsc1475

gams1508

peg1598

tusk1632

masticator1681

headrail1767

ivory1783

tombstone1809

dominos1828

dental1837

toothy-peg1840

fang1841

cruncher1859

chomper1884

teg1886

Hampstead Heath1887

pearly1914

gnasher1919

tat1919

pearly whites1935

chopper1937

1841 Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. iii 85 The few discolored fangs..gave him the aspect of a panting dog.

1891 J. S. Farmer Slang II. 374/1 Fang-faker, a dentist.

1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 22 ‘To put in the fangs’—to demand money, etc.

1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas v. 57 Possibly because they were old dental college chums,..these two fang-wrenchers shared a common waiting-room.

1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 31 Fang farrier, dentist.

1957 ‘N. Culotta’ They're a Weird Mob (1958) viii. 109 Jimmy got himself some bread and butter and an open tin of jam. ‘Yer good on the fang, mate,’ said Joe.

†5.

a. A claw or talon. Obs.Although this sense would appear on etymological grounds likely to have existed, it seems to rest solely on the authority of the Dicts. Possibly it may have been wrongly inferred from figurative applications of sense 4, in which the pl. is often equivalent to ‘clutches’, ‘grasp’, with little or no conscious allusion to the literal use.

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1731 J. Kersey New Eng. Dict. (ed. 3) Fang, a claw.

1749 B. Martin Fangs, claws.

1755 Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Fang, the nails, the talons.

†b. (See quot. 1768.)

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1768 E. Buys New & Compl. Dict. Terms Art I. Fangs, (in Botany) the shoots or tendrils by means of which one Plant takes hold of another.

6. The pointed tapering part of anything which is embedded in something else.

a. A spike; the tang of a tool.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [noun] > tang

tang14..

shank1678

fang1769

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine sig. O2, Dog, a sort of iron hook, or bar, with a sharp fang at one end, so formed as to be easily driven into a plank.

1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 222 Fang, the narrow part of the iron of any instrument which passes into the stock.

1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Fang, a prong, e.g. a yelve-fang.

b. The root of a tooth; one of the prongs into which this divides.

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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > substance or parts of teeth > [noun] > root

fang1667

tang1716

shank1851

1667 Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 381 That Tooth..which had not a phang like other Cutters.

1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 365 If the fangs were capable of an increase by the ossific inflammation.

1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) vi. 142 One or more fangs which are embedded in sockets.

†c. A prong of a divided root. Obs.

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the world > plants > part of plant > root > [noun] > rootlet, fibre, or subsidiary root

string1398

by-root1578

fillet1601

taw1615

tapon1641

fibre1656

fang1664

fibril1664

rootlinga1706

lateral root1724

rootlet1783

radicle1793

radicel1819

viver1877

branch-root1884

sprangle1896

thong1927

1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 65 in Sylva Take out your Indian Tuberoses, parting the Off-sets (but with care, lest you break their fangs).

1727 R. Bradley Family Dict. at Anemone, [Sifting earth upon the bed] till..there remain only above ground the Fangs of these young Anemones.

III. Technical uses.

7. Naut.

a. A rope leading from the peak of the gaff of a fore-and-aft sail to the rail on each side (used for steadying the gaff). Now usually vang n.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > rope for steadying gaff

fanga1522

vang1769

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) v. xiv. 8 Now the le schete, and now the luf, thai slak, Set in a fang, and threw the ra abak.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Brace, The mizen-yard is furnished with fangs, or vangs, in the room of braces.

b. pl. The valves of a pump-box. [Compare 1b.]

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1867 W. H. Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.

8. Mining. (See quots.) [Derbyshire dialect: perhaps a separate word. Also windfang.]

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a1661 E. Manlove in T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Derb. 230 A Spindle, a Lampturne, a Fange.

1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Givb, Fange is a Place..which is left as we drive along the Drift, on purpose to carry Wind along with us.

1802 J. Mawe Mineral. of Derbyshire Gloss., Fang, a case made of wood, &c., to carry wind into the mine.

1836 R. Furness Medicus-Magus 51 [The devil] quite rusty with the smoke, Fled up the Fang. [Here app. used for ‘chimney’.]

1836 R. Furness Medicus-Magus 69 (Glossary) Fang, a passage made for conducting air after the miner.

IV.

9. attrib. and Comb.: fang-bolt n. a bolt having a spiked nut or washer, used for attaching iron to wood.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > bolt > types of

round bolt1582

ringbolt1599

pikebolt1622

rag bolt1625

set-bolt1627

clinch-bolta1642

eyebolt1649

clinch1659

screw-bolt1690

king bolt1740

wrain-bolt1750

wraining-bolt1769

toggle-bolt1794

strap-bolt1795

wring-bolt1815

through-bolt1821

truss-bolt1825

slip-stopper1831

stud bolt1838

anchor bolt1839

king rod1843

joint bolt1844

spade-bolt1850

shackle-bolt1852

roof bolt1853

set-stud1855

coach bolt1869

truss-rod1873

fox-bolt1874

garnish-bolt1874

fang-bolt1876

stud1878

U bolta1884

rock bolt1887

hook bolt1899

tower bolt1911

explosive bolt1948

1876 J. W. Barry Railway Appliances ii. 73 Fang-bolts consist of bolts long enough to pass through the sleepers, with a screw cut on the lower end to fit a wide flat nut, having on it fangs or short spikes.

1915 C. J. Allen Mod. Brit. Permanent Way 60 Whereas this type of fang-bolt has in all three separate parts—bolt, nut, and washer—it will be noticed that the Great Southern and Western and Great Eastern fang-bolts..consist of the bolt and a fanged nut only.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2014).

fangn.²

Brit.

/faŋ/, U.S.

/fæŋ/, Australian English

/fæŋ/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Fangio.

Etymology: < fang- (in the name of Juan Manuel Fangio (1911–95), Argentinian motor-racing driver who won the world championship in 1951 and then held the title from 1954 until 1957). Compare fang v.³

Australian colloquial.

A high-speed drive in a motor vehicle. Cf. fang v.³

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1970 A. Buzo Front Room Boys i, in Plays 20 If I were one of the back room boys, you wouldn't see me here before noon. I'd be down by the pool or out for a fang in the Jag.

1999 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 16 Jan. 39 The worst thing he can do is send a 20-year-old hot-head away after having a bit of a ‘fang’ at the centre who is no more competent behind the wheel then [sic] when he arrived.

2006 Echo (Austral.) (Nexis) 24 Aug. 25 Not many cars manage to leave me feeling so happy after a quick fang or simple drive to the shops.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

fangv.¹

/fæŋ/

Forms: α. Inf. Old English–Middle English fón, Middle English fo-n; pa. tense Old English–Middle English feng, (Middle English fang, south. veng, venk, Middle English feyng), Middle English fong(e, (Middle English fone), 1700s south. vung; pa. pple. Old English fangen, Middle English fon, Middle English fonge. β. Inf. Middle English Orm. fangenn, Middle English–1500s fong(e(n, (Middle English foangen), Middle English–1500s fange, ( fannge, fonnge), Middle English fangyn, (1500s fangue), 1600s phang, south. vang, Middle English– fang; pa. tense and pa. pple. Middle English fonged, -ett, -id, -it, Sc. fangit, Middle English– fanged.

Etymology: Common Germanic: Old English fón, redupl. strong verb corresponding to Old Frisian fâ, Old Saxon fâhan, Old High German fâhan (Middle High German vâhen, modern German (poet) fahen), Old Norse fá (Danish faae, Swedish få), Gothic fāhan < Old Germanic *fanhan, preterite fefang-, past participle fangano-. About 1200 the stem fang- of the past participle appears as a present-stem (infinitive fangen), and gradually supersedes the older form; a similar change has taken place independently in the other Germanic languages: compare Dutch vangen, modern High German fangen, late Icelandic fanga (Danish fange, Swedish fånga). The weak past tense and past participle, which are peculiar to English, appear first in 14th cent.; the original strong forms seldom occur after the 15th cent.

Now arch. or dial.

†1.

a. trans. To lay hold of, grasp, hold, seize; to clasp, embrace. Obs.

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the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [verb (transitive)]

clipc950

freeOE

beclipc1000

windc1175

fang?c1200

yokec1275

umgripea1300

to take in (also into, on) one's armsc1300

umbefold14..

collc1320

lapc1350

bracec1375

embracec1386

clapa1400

folda1400

halsea1400

umbeclapa1400

accollc1400

fathomc1400

halchc1400

haspc1400

hoderc1440

plighta1450

plet?a1500

cuddlec1520

complect1523

umbfoldc1540

clasp1549

culla1564

cully1576

huggle1583

embosom1590

wrap1594

collya1600

cling1607

bosom1608

grasp1609

comply1648

huddlea1650

smuggle1679

inarm1713

snuggle1775

cwtch1965

society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > capture or acquire by conquest

i-wina1000

wina1122

fang?c1200

catchc1275

conquer1297

geta1400

stealc1400

conquer1475

conquest1485

conques1488

evict1560

carry1579

intake1646

constrain1700

capture1796

the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > hold [verb (transitive)] > lay hold of or grasp

i-fangc888

gripc950

repeOE

befongOE

keepc1000

latchc1000

hentOE

begripec1175

becatchc1200

fang?c1200

i-gripea1225

warpa1225

fastenc1225

arepa1250

to set (one's) hand(s onc1290

kip1297

cleach?a1300

hendc1300

fasta1325

reachc1330

seizec1374

beclipc1380

takea1387

span1398

to seize on or upon1399

getc1440

handc1460

to catch hold1520

to take hold1530

to lay hold (up)on, of1535

grasple1553

to have by the backa1555

handfast1562

apprehend1572

grapple1582

to clap hold of1583

comprehend1584

graspa1586

attach1590

gripple1591

engrasp1593

clum1594

to seize of1600

begriple1607

fast hold1611

impalm1611

fista1616

to set (one's) hand to1638

to get one's hands on1649

?c1200 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3733 Mann mihhte himm fon. & pinenn.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17723 Symeon..iesus tuix his handes fang.

a1400–50 Alexander 2971 Felly fangis it [a torche] in his fist.

c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 299, I wil him fang With mi fingers.

a1450 Le Morte Arth. 1796 In hys hand a swerd he fone.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 425 Sodanlye in armys he coud him fang.

b. To catch (fish); to take in a snare. Also fig. Obs. exc. arch.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > catch fish [verb (transitive)]

fangc900

fishc1374

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (transitive)] > catch with a snare

fangc900

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > entrap, ensnare [verb (transitive)]

shrenchc897

beswike971

betrapa1000

bewindOE

undernimc1175

undertakec1175

bisayc1200

beguile?c1225

catchc1225

beginc1250

biwilea1275

tele?a1300

enginec1300

lime13..

umwrithea1340

engrin1340

oblige1340

belimec1350

enlacec1374

girnc1375

encumber138.

gnarec1380

enwrap1382

briguea1387

snarl1387

upbroid1387

trap1390

entrikea1393

englue1393

gildera1400

aguilec1400

betraisec1400

embrygec1400

snare1401

lacea1425

maska1425

begluec1430

marl1440

supprise?c1450

to prey ona1500

attrap1524

circumvene1526

entangle1526

tangle1526

entrap1531

mesh1532

embrake1542

crawl1548

illaqueate1548

intricate1548

inveigle1551

circumvent1553

felter1567

besnare1571

in trick1572

ensnare1576

overcatch1577

underfong1579

salt1580

entoil1581

comprehend1584

windlassa1586

folda1592

solicit1592

toil1592

bait1600

beset1600

engage1603

benet1604

imbrier1605

ambush1611

inknot1611

enmesha1616

trammela1616

fool1620

pinion1621

aucupate1630

fang1637

surprise1642

underreacha1652

trepan1656

ensnarl1658

stalk1659

irretiate1660

coil1748

nail1766

net1803

to rope in1840

mousetrap1870

spider1891

c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. i. i. §1 Her beoþ oft fangene seolas & hronas.

a1225 St. Marher. 3 As þe fuhel þe is fon i þe fuheleres grune.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 5480 Of þat fysche þat þai þus fang.

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Cadger l. 2119 in Poems (1981) 81 Micht we that hering fang.

1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iv. viii. 36 He hath..fanged himselfe faster in the snare.

1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 185 May Até Fang them in her hopeless snare!

1877 J. S. Blackie Wise Men Greece 206 A little child..Can fang a stickleback with pin for hook.

†c. To seize upon (booty); to catch, apprehend, get into one's power (a person); to capture (a city), to seize (lands, possessions). Obs. exc. arch.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (intransitive)]

fang1016

pluck?a1425

puckerow1843

the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)]

gripea900

afangOE

to lay hands (or hand) on or upon (also in, to)OE

repeOE

atfonga1000

keepc1000

fang1016

kip1297

seize1338

to seize on or upon1399

to grip toc1400

rapc1415

to rap and rendc1415

comprise1423

forsetc1430

grip1488

to put (one's) hand(s) on (also in, to, unto, upon)1495

compass1509

to catch hold1520

hap1528

to lay hold (up)on, of1535

seisin?c1550

cly1567

scratch1582

attach1590

asseizea1593

grasp1642

to grasp at1677

collar1728

smuss1736

get1763

pin1768

grabble1796

bag1818

puckerow1843

nobble1877

jump1882

snaffle1902

snag1962

pull1967

the mind > possession > taking > seizing > catching or capture > catch or capture [verb (transitive)]

i-lecchec1000

fang1016

hentOE

takeOE

alatchlOE

catchc1275

wina1300

to take ina1387

attain1393

geta1400

overhent?a1400

restay?a1400

seizea1400

tachec1400

arrest1481

carrya1500

collara1535

snap1568

overgo1581

surprise1592

nibble1608

incaptivate1611

nicka1640

cop1704

chop1726

nail1735

to give a person the foot1767

capture1796

hooka1800

sniba1801

net1803

nib1819

prehend1831

corral1860

rope1877

1016 Anglo-Saxon Chron. Hi fang woldon fon.

c1325 Metr. Hom. 80 He might this ilk nonne fange To slake his lust.

?a1400 Morte Arth. 425 Ffaunge the fermes in fatthe of alle þa faire rewmes.

c1440 York Myst. xix. 128 May I þat faitour fange.

c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 56 The toure of Baris..was so verray stronge That all the werld fro two men with force moght noght it fonge.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 5744 Þat na thefe suld him [a horse] fang.

c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. cxxxix. iv, To assayle the citee, and haue fongid With might of menne.

a1529 J. Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte (?1545) 1157 [He] wyll..streitly strangle us, And he may fange us.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 956 His goddis..hym grace lent The flese for to fonge.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Biv/1, To Fangue, comprehendere.

1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe i. sig. A4^v, Hee's in the lawes clutches, you see hee's fangd.

a1616 Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 23 Destruction phang mankinde.

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxon. II. 327 Death fang'd the remnant of his lugs.

1922 G. Blair Haunted Dominie 21 O what shall then betide me, when Death shall fang my shoulders.

absol.a1627 H. Shirley Martyr'd Souldier (1638) v. i. sig. H4^v, It has ever beene my profession to fang and clutch, and to squeeze.

†d. To get, get at, obtain, procure. Also, to get together, collect. Obs.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)]

wieldeOE

haveeOE

ofgoOE

oweOE

addlec1175

winc1175

avela1200

to come by ——a1225

covera1250

oughtc1275

reachc1275

hentc1300

purchasec1300

to come to ——c1330

getc1330

pickc1330

chevise1340

fang1340

umbracec1350

chacche1362

perceivea1382

accroacha1393

achievea1393

to come at ——a1393

areach1393

recovera1398

encroach?a1400

chevec1400

enquilec1400

obtainc1422

recurec1425

to take upc1425

acquirea1450

encheve1470

sortise1474

conques?a1500

tain1501

report1508

conquest1513

possess1526

compare1532

cough1550

coff1559

fall1568

reap1581

acquist1592

accrue1594

appurchasec1600

recoil1632

to get at ——1666

to come into ——1672

rise1754

net1765

to fall in for1788

to scare up1846

access1953

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)]

somnec825

heapc900

gathera975

samc1000

to set togetherc1275

fang1340

assemblec1374

recueilc1380

drawa1393

to draw togethera1398

semblea1400

congatherc1400

congregatec1400

to take together1490

recollect1513

to gather togetherc1515

to get together1523

congesta1552

confer1552

collect1573

ingatherc1575

ramass1586

upgather1590

to muster upa1593

accrue1594

musterc1595

compone1613

herd1615

contract1620

recoil1632

comporta1641

rally1643

rendezvous1670

purse1809

adduct1824

to round up1873

reeve1876

to pull together1925

1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 552 For ensample, bi my sawe soþ mow ȝe fonge Of iubiter.

a1400–50 Alexander 2059 Amonta þe miȝtfull his men þan he fangis.

c1400 Melayne 984 Go fonnge the another fere.

c1440 York Myst. xxvi. 16 Ther fanged I my fame.

15.. Childe of Bristowe 33 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 112 He rought not whom he begiled, worly good to fong.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vi. ix. 138 Furth rentyng all, hys fuyd to fang full fayn.

1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus ii. f. 17^v, He him bethocht for to fang sum defence.

a1605 A. Montgomerie Natur Passis Nuriture 34 To fang his friendship they war fane.

†e. to fang up: ‘to pluck up’ (the heart); to ‘take up’, interrupt sharply. Obs.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > pluck up courage [verb]

findOE

to take (in early use nim) heartc1275

to have the heartc1300

to hent one's heartc1325

to pull upa1393

to fang upa1400

pluckc1400

to take courage1490

to take heart of grace (and variants)c1520

to lift up one's heart, mind, soul1535

to get (also gather, keep, etc.) heart of grace1581

hearten1587

to pluck up one's courage1660

flesh1695

pluck up courage1726

to pick up1735

to call forth1802

to pluck up1827

to muster up1893

the mind > language > speech > interruption > interrupt (speech) [verb (transitive)] > interrupt (a person)

to fang upa1400

interrupt1413

interpel1541

catch1670

to take up1885

to draw up1905

a1400–50 Alexander 988 Fange vp ȝour hertis.

a1400–50 Alexander 2197 Þan fangis him vp þe fell kyng a fuyll feyned laȝtir.

2. To receive, accept.

a. To receive as a gift, or as one's due; to earn as wages; also, to accept as one's lot. Obs. exc. dial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > accept without resistance [verb (transitive)]

fangOE

swallowa1591

the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > receive [verb (transitive)] > accept

onfangeOE

fangOE

to take with ——lOE

takec1175

understandc1200

afangc1275

receivec1330

accepta1382

'lowa1382

except1393

to take up1570

to take a person up on (something)1807

to take up1810

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (transitive)] > earn

earneOE

fangOE

i-earnOE

winc1175

getc1300

betravail1393

to knock out1873

to pull downa1902

to knock down1929

pull1937

OE Beowulf 2989 He ðam frætwum feng.

c1000 Solomon & Saturn 686 Foh hider to me burh and breotone bold to gewealde rodora rices.

?c1200 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 5390 Seoffne ȝifess. þatt man foþ Off haliȝ gastess hellpe.

1258 Proclam. Hen. III Riȝt for to done and to foangen.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3110 Ah eower monradene ic wulle fon [c1300 Otho vnderfon].

c1394 P. Pl. Crede 836 It mot ben a man of also mek an herte Þat myȝte..þat Holly Gost fongen.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 540 Þe fowre frekez of þe folde fongez þe empyre.

c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 2642 Wha juges men with wrang, The same jugement sal thai fang.

c1475 Partenay 2423 When thes Barons thys answere had fong.

1482 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 313 Euery seruant that ffangyth wagys, schalle [etc.].

1846 Spec. Cornish Dial. 27 But ded'st fang any money? as a body may say.

†b. to fang cristendom: to receive baptism, become Christian. Also, of Christ, to fang mennishe or mankind: to assume human nature. Obs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > [verb (intransitive)] > become human

to fang mennishe or mankindc1200

anthropomorphose1815

society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > baptize [verb (transitive)] > undergo

to fang cristendomc1200

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 133 God fundede from heuene to eorðe to fongen mennisshe.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 73 He willede anon in hys herte to fonge Cristendom.

c1405 (c1390) Chaucer Man of Law's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 279 She wolde reneye hir lay And cristendom of preestes handes fonge.

c1480 (a1400) St. Mary Magdalen 242 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 263 How mane-kynd þat he can fange.

†c. To receive as a guest; to welcome. lit. and fig. Obs.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > visit [verb (transitive)] > receive as visitor

underfo924

afangOE

underfonga1175

fangc1275

upfoa1300

seec1500

entertain1559

c1275 Laȝamon Brut 13378 He..hehte þe beste cnihtes..þreo hundred him come to and he ȝam wolde wel fon.

c1418 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 247 Fals beleve is fayn to fonge The lewde lust of lollardie.

c1430 Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 209 Þe modir þat wolde deeþ fong.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 366 He fongid þo freikes with a fine chere.

1578 in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 130 Sa blyth as bird my God to fang.

3. = take v. in various uses; esp. with obj. arms, counsel, leave, a name, one's way; to undertake (battle). Also const. to, unto, to be: To take (a person or thing) for (a purpose).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport

fangOE

flitc1175

convey1393

wainc1400

transport1483

traduce1535

port1566

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use formal courtesy in act or expression [verb (intransitive)] > bid farewell

to take leavelOE

to latch one's ease, one's leave1377

to take congee1377

fangc1400

adieua1500

to get one's leave?a1513

to take adieu (also farewell)1539

to shake hands1546

congeea1616

to give congeea1645

farewell1930

sayonara1949

OE Genesis 287 Mid swilcum mæg man ræd geþencean, fon mid swilcum folcgesteallan.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11416 Elc þer feng [c1300 Otho fenge] water & clæð.

1290 Beket 7 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 106 Gilbert Bekat..him bi-þouȝte þe Croiz for-to fo In-to þe holie land.

c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 1122 Armes y fenge for loue of [þe].

c1330 Amis & Amil. 970 Pray him..That he the batail for ous fong, Ogain the steward.

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 245 Straught unto Kaire his wey he fongeth.

c1394 P. Pl. Crede 786 Þei schulden..mene-mong corn bred to her mete fongen.

a1400–50 Alexander (Dublin) 805* Frist of my faire foles fang þe a hundreth.

a1400–50 Alexander (Dublin) 3186 Þe name of an Emperoure ne wald he neuire fange.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1556 Hir leue fayre con scho fonge.

a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 3831 Yf that a man outrageousli hem [wynes] fonge, They birien witte.

1420 Siege Rouen in Archæol. XXI. 67 As they satte here mete to fonge.

c1440 Bone Flor. 1831 They went Florence to leman have fonge.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiv. 176 Let vs fownde a slepe to fang.

1567 R. Sempill Ballates (1872) i. 2 Zit neuer did sho se his maik in France Off royall bluid to fang to be hir feir.

4. intr. To seize, lay hold, take hold on; to take to, betake oneself to, turn to, proceed to or against; to set upon, attack.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > hold or grip [verb (intransitive)] > lay hold

fang855

hentOE

grispc1420

grip1489

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > have recourse to [verb (transitive)]

fang855

runOE

to take to ——?c1225

seeka1300

goc1390

to have (one's or a) recourse toc1405

recourse?a1425

suit1450

to take (also make or make one's) recourse to (also into)c1456

repairc1475

to fall to ——1490

recur1511

to take unto ——1553

flee1563

betake1590

retreat1650

to call on ——1721

devolve1744

to draw upon ——1800

to draw on ——a1817

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > attack with hostile words or measures

fangc1320

hurtlec1374

impugnc1384

weighc1386

to fall upon ——a1398

to start on ——a1398

oppugn?1435

to lay to, untoa1500

onseta1522

wipe1523

to set against ——1542

to fall aboard——1593

aggress1596

to fall foul1602

attack1613

appugn1615

to set upon ——1639

to fall on ——1641

to lay home, hard, hardly to1650

tack1720

bombard1766

savage1796

to pitch into ——1823

to begin upon a personc1825

bulldog1842

to down on (also upon)a1848

to set at ——1849

to start on ——a1851

to start in on1859

set on at or to1862

to let into1872

to go for ——1890

swash1890

slog1891

to get at ——1893

tee1955

855 Anglo-Saxon Chron. And þa fengon his ii sunu to rice.

OE Beowulf 1542 Heo..him togeanes feng.

a1000 Battle of Maldon 10 Þa he to wæpnum feng.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 181 Ðe honde foð to..alle þinge þe hire beð biheue.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15867 Þeos feng to his riche after his fader daiȝe.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13564 Þat whenne Rom-leoden þer comen riden. þat heo uengen [c1300 Otho sette] heom on.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2947 Þa oðere..fengen [c1300 Otho set] heom to-ȝæines.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 855 [Heo] fusden to þan Freinscan & heo hem to-ȝan fengen [c1300 Otho hii ȝam on-fenge].

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 331 Þe mete forð iwat for þer fengen [c1300 Otho feng] feole to.

c1320 Cast. Love 895 Wiþ-outen eny meþ on me heo foþ.

a1400–50 Alexander 1990 Fyne, fole, of þi fare, & fange to þi kythis.

?a1400 Morte Arth. 3309 He fongede faste one þe feleyghes [of a wheel].

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 457 He [þe rauen] fongez to þe flyȝt.

c1420 Metr. St. Kath. (Halliw.) Yonge to Cryste sche can to fonge.

1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 21/1, I don't fang to your notions.

a. To engage on, set about, begin on; to begin, commence to do (something).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > begin an action or fall to doing something

fangc888

goOE

fallc1175

to fall upon ——a1398

to take upa1400

fall?c1450

to fall out ina1555

get1751

c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxix. §4 Ic getiohhod hæfde on oðer weorc to fonne.

a1000 Ælfric Interrog. Sigewulfi (McClean) xxi, We foð nu on þa axunge þar we hi ær forleton.

a1225 St. Marher. 22 Þe feondes..fengen to ȝeien Margarete meiden..leowse ure bondes.

c1275 Woman of Samaria 4 in Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 84 He venk to prechie.

c1306 Execution Fraser 89 in Pol. Songs (Camden) 216 Nou ichulle fonge ther ich er let Ant tellen ou of Frisel.

b. With on adv.: To begin. Cf. onfang v. = German anfangen. Obs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)]

beginc1000

onginOE

aginOE

ginc1175

to go tillc1175

to take onc1175

comsea1225

fanga1225

to go toc1275

i-ginc1275

commencec1320

to get (also get down, go, go adown, set, set down) to workc1400

to lay to one's hand(sc1405

to put to one's hand (also hands)c1410

to set toc1425

standa1450

to make to1563

to fall to it1570

to start out1574

to fall to1577

to run upon ——1581

to break off1591

start1607

to set in1608

to set to one's hands1611

to put toa1616

to fall ona1625

in1633

to fall aboard1642

auspicatea1670

to set out1693

to enter (into) the fray1698

open1708

to start in1737

inchoate1767

to set off1774

go1780

start1785

to on with1843

to kick off1857

to start in on1859

to steam up1860

to push off1909

to cut loose1923

to get (also put) the show on the road1941

to get one's arse in gear1948

a1225 St. Marher. 5 Þe edle meiden..feng on þeos bone.

a1225 Juliana 10 He feng on to tellen him hu his dohter droh him from deie to deie.

a1250 Owl & Nightingale 179 And fo we on mid riȝte dome.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15682 Ȝet ich þe suggen wulle ane sunder rune. hu þu mihte fon on. þat hit ne buð nauere undon.

†6.

a. To promise, resolve, undertake. Const. with inf. (or its equivalent). Obs.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise, vow, or pledge [verb (intransitive)]

queatheOE

sweara900

fangc1175

behightc1275

to make (hold, pay, keep, yield or break) a vowc1290

vowa1325

avowc1400

to plight (one's) faithc1410

promitc1422

promise1447

creance1477

to take in vow1526

votec1540

depose1610

vum1785

to nail down1859

pledge1928

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 61 God us ȝefe in horte to fon Þet we ne þenchen ufel to don.

a1400 Cov. Myst. (1841) 243 To do penawns loke that ȝe ffonge.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 599, I shall fonge you to forther, & my faith holde.

b. to fang to: to be sponsor for. dial.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > baptize [verb (transitive)] > sponsor

answereOE

heavec1175

to fang toc1420

gossipa1616

994 Anglo-Saxon Chron. Se cyning Æþelræd his onfeng æt bisceopes handa.]

c1420 Chron. Vilod. 558 Seynt Ede hurre self was redy tho þer, To fonge to þe child as he had y teyȝt.

1674 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 80 He vangd to me at the Vant.

1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) i. 3 When tha vung'st to..Rabbin.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. at Vang to, When the paa'sn come there wad-n nobody vor to vang to un.

†7. intr. To take one's way, go, proceed; also, to swerve from. Obs.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > [verb (intransitive)]

nimeOE

becomec885

teec888

goeOE

i-goc900

lithec900

wendeOE

i-farec950

yongc950

to wend one's streetOE

fare971

i-wende971

shakeOE

winda1000

meteOE

wendOE

strikec1175

seekc1200

wevec1200

drawa1225

stira1225

glidea1275

kenc1275

movec1275

teemc1275

tightc1275

till1297

chevec1300

strake13..

travelc1300

choosec1320

to choose one's gatea1325

journeyc1330

reachc1330

repairc1330

wisec1330

cairc1340

covera1375

dressa1375

passa1375

tenda1375

puta1382

proceedc1392

doa1400

fanda1400

haunta1400

snya1400

take?a1400

thrilla1400

trace?a1400

trinea1400

fangc1400

to make (also have) resortc1425

to make one's repair (to)c1425

resort1429

ayrec1440

havea1450

speer?c1450

rokec1475

wina1500

hent1508

persevere?1521

pursuec1540

rechec1540

yede1563

bing1567

march1568

to go one's ways1581

groyl1582

yode1587

sally1590

track1590

way1596

frame1609

trickle1629

recur1654

wag1684

fadge1694

haul1802

hike1809

to get around1849

riddle1856

bat1867

biff1923

truck1925

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > withdraw from an engagement or promise

starta1450

fang1522

recidivate1528

to draw back1572

flinch1578

to shrink collar1579

retract1616

to shrink out of the collar1636

renege1651

to fly off1667

to slip (the) collarc1677

to declare off1749

to cry off1775

to back out1807

to fight off1833

crawfish1848

welsh1871

to pull out1884

c1400 Song Roland 577 In Cristis name let us furthe fonge.

c1456 Turnament of Tottenham 193 in T. Percy Reliques (1775) II. 23 He saw Tyrry away wyth Tyb fang.

1522 Worlde & Chylde (de Worde) (1909) sig. B.ii^v, Conscyence. Manhode wyll ye by this worde stande? Manhode. Yea conscyence..I wyll neuer from it fonge.

c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Av, The fatall hors did throw thair wallis fang.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2014).

fangv.²

/fæŋ/

Etymology: < fang n.¹

1. trans. To strike one's fang or fangs into. Of an anchor: To ‘bite’ with its fluke. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor (a ship) [verb (transitive)] > anchor (a ship) > take hold of bottom with anchor > take hold in bottom (of anchor)

fang1807

1807 J. Barlow Columbiad vii. 255 And with thin moony anchors fang the coast.

1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 531 What though sin, Serpent-like, fanged her.

2. to fang a pump, (loosely) a well: to give (it) a grip of the water; to prime. Cf. fang n.¹ 1b, 7b Also fig.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > drill for oil or gas [verb (transitive)] > other procedures

to fang a pump, (loosely) a well1819

to rack up1839

shootc1870

torpedo1873

pull1895

sidetrack1906

swab1916

stab1922

re-enter1937

rack1949

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)]

buskc1330

agraith1340

to make readya1382

arraya1387

providec1425

prepare1517

addressa1522

apparel1523

bouna1525

buckle1563

to make frecka1572

fettle?c1600

fix1716

to set into ——1825

to show foot1825

ready1878

to fang a pump, (loosely) a well1883

prep1900

to get (oneself) organized1926

to sharpen one's pencil1957

1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 5 654 To fang a well signifies to pour into it sufficient liquid to set the pump at work again.

1825 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xix, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 377 If the wall's fanged, I'll bring up a gush wi' a single drive.

1867 W. H. Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.

1883 W. C. Smith North Country Folk 181 Little he read, and what he did Was mostly sermons to ‘fang his pump’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2012).

fangv.³

Brit.

/faŋ/, U.S.

/fæŋ/, Australian English

/fæŋ/

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by conversion. Or (ii) from a proper name. Etymons: fang n.²; proper name Fangio.

Etymology: < fang n.² or its etymon fang- (in the name of Juan Manuel Fangio: see fang n.²).

Australian colloquial.

1. intransitive. To drive at high speed in a motor vehicle.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > drive or operate a motor vehicle > fast or recklessly

speed1904

blind1923

cowboy1933

tear-arse1942

fang1973

hoon1983

1973 A. Buzo Rooted 36 Let's hop in the B and fang up to the beach.

1995 Sydney Morning Herald 1 Dec. (Metropolitan Suppl.) 31/1 You could just fang out to Panthers in Penrith, hand over $5 for a bucket of balls and slam them into the little dam.

2002 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 22 Apr. 19 Ain't nothin' like it! Fanging down a hill with the wind in your face and nature all around! Eh, Min?

2. transitive. To drive (a motor vehicle) at high speed.

ΚΠ

1981 Bulletin (Sydney) 10 Nov. 43/3 We pick up sheilas, get drunk, steal cars, fang 'em.

1984 National Times (Sydney) 14 Sept. 14/4 They've had half a dozen drinks and, you know, they want to impress the girls and their mates at how fast they can fang their car around the corner.

2005 Sunday Mail (S. Austral.) (Nexis) 25 Dec. 72 If you fang the Yaris..fuel economy barely seems to suffer.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1016

n.²1970

v.¹855

v.²1807

v.³1973

单词	fang
释义	fangn.¹ /fæŋ/ Forms: Also 1600s phang(e. Etymology: Old English fang , cognate with Old Frisian fang masculine, Old Norse fang neuter, Middle High German fang , vanc masculine, repr. Old Germanic fango- , < root of fanhan (see fang v.¹). I. The act or fact of catching or seizing. †1. a. A capture, catch. Also a tight grasp, a grip. in fang with: in the embrace, under the protection of. (Cf. ON. í fang, in one's arms.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > having care or custody (of) [phrase] > in the care or custody of under a person's hand (also hands)OE under the wing ofc1230 in fang witha1400 in yemea1400 among the hands ofa1533 in charge (of)1548 under the umbrage of1677 the mind > possession > taking > seizing > catching or capture > [noun] > that which is caught or captured fanga1400 hale1572 catch1609 taking1855 catch-up1879 the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [noun] > firmness of hold > grip or grasp gripOE handgripOE holtc1375 cleeka1400 handfast1540 handy-gripe1542 handigrip1579 gripple1596 fang1597 grasp1609 clutch1785 death grip1792 a1400–50 Alexander 1725 In fang with my faire godis. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 1219 King Eduuard was rycht fayn off that fang. 1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 41 Whome he once gettethe with full fange into his gripinge clowches he howldeth faster than catt the mowce. a1616 Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. i. 6 The Icie phange And churlish chiding of the winters winde. View more context for this quotation b. Sc. In phrase to lose the fang: ‘to miss one's aim, to fail in an attempt’ (Jamieson). Also of a pump (see quot. 1825). ΚΠ 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word), A pump well is said to lose the fang, when the water quits the pump. 2. concr. That which is caught or taken; captured game; booty, plunder, spoils (obs. exc. Sc.). Hence, in Sc. Law of a thief: caught, taken with the fang. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > spoil or plunder reifOE fang1016 fengc1175 purchasec1325 predec1330 robberyc1330 robbingsc1330 spoila1340 spoila1382 chevisance1393 waitha1400 fee14.. pilferc1400 pelfa1425 spreathc1425 butinc1450 emprisec1450 gain1473 despoil1474 pelfry?a1475 pilfery1489 spulyie1507 cheat1566 bootinga1572 booty1574 escheat1587 boot1598 exuvial1632 bootyn1635 polling1675 expilation1715 prog1727 swag1794 filch1798 spreaghery1814 stake1819 1016 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) [Hi] fang woldon fon. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15434 Quen..Iudas þus receiued had his fang. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3728 Was þou not at me right now, And fedd me wit þi fang i trau? a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 4801 Quen ȝe fondyn haue ȝour fange. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 71 Gif ane man apprehends in his house ane theif, with the fang of the thift. 1728 Biggar Council Proc. The fangs (plunder) being found in his house. 1790 Morrison Poems 110 Snap went the sheers, then in a wink, The fang was stow'd behind a bink. II. An instrument for catching or holding. †3. A noose, trap. In quots. fig. Obs. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun] grinc825 trapa1000 snarea1100 swikea1100 granea1250 springec1275 gina1300 gnarea1325 stringc1325 trebuchet1362 latch?a1366 leashc1374 snarlc1380 foot gina1382 foot-grina1382 traina1393 sinewa1400 snatcha1400 foot trapa1425 haucepyc1425 slingc1425 engine1481 swar1488 frame1509 brakea1529 fang1535 fall trap1570 spring1578 box-trapa1589 spring trapa1589 sprint1599 noosec1600 springle1602 springe1607 toil1607 plage1608 deadfall1631 puppy snatch1650 snickle1681 steel trap1735 figure (of) four1743 gun-trap1749 stamp1788 stell1801 springer1813 sprent1822 livetrap1823 snaphance1831 catch pole1838 twitch-up1841 basket-trap1866 pole trap1879 steel fall1895 tread-trap1952 conibear trap1957 conibear1958 the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > predicament or straits > from which it is difficult to be extricated pounda1500 quavemire1530 fang1535 quamire1555 pit1577 quagmire1577 bog1614 hobble1775 vortex1779 quag1842 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. I. 470 The Britis fled, and wes fane of that fang To leif the Romanis in the thickest thrang. 1794 W. Anderson Piper of Peebles 277 The Laird was fairly in a fang, An' naething for him now but hang. 4. a. A canine tooth; a tusk. In pl. applied gen. to the teeth of dogs, wolves, or other animals remarkable for strength of jaw. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > a harmful thing or person > thing thornc1230 plaguea1382 foea1393 evila1400 flaw1481 detriment?1504 tooth1546 fang1555 decay1563 bane1577 dagger1600 scourge1603 cursea1616 blighter1821 bacillus1883 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > mouth > tooth or tusk > fangs fang1555 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > mouth > tooth or tusk tuska900 tusclec1000 broach1607 crotchet1678 fang1700 ivory1894 1555 R. Eden tr. G. F. de Oviedo y Valdés Summarie Gen. Hist. West Indies in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 187^v, Theyr fanges or dogge teeth. 1613 T. Heywood Silver Age iii. 157 These phangs shall gnaw vpon your cruded bones. 1700 Dryden tr. Ovid Meleager & Atalanta in Fables 110 The fatal Fang drove deep within his Thigh. 1768 T. Gray Descent of Odin in Poems 88 Eyes that glow, and fangs, that grin. 1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 58 This is done by inserting his [a leech's] three fangs into the skin. 1867 R. W. Emerson May-day & Other Pieces 98 Wolves shed their fangs. fig.a1616 Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. v. 176 By the verie phangs of malice, I sweare I am not that I play. View more context for this quotationa1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianae Flamma (1635) 191 Fast in the Iron fangs of that Foxe Herod.1794 C. J. Fox Speeches 21 Jan. in Wks. (1815) V. 159 The relentless fangs of despotism.1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. i. 30 Sufficient to bring him within the fangs of the recent statute.1867 Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. lii. 89 Having strong hopes..that Grace's father might escape the fangs of justice. b. In various transferred uses: (see quots.). ΚΠ 1694 Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) ii. 123 The Phangs of a Tooth-drawer. 1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad vii. 282 The anchor's moony fangs. 1789 Trans. Soc. Arts 7 193 The fangs on the fliers are alternately driven. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Fang, a fin. From the fancied resemblance of their pointed ends to long teeth. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xlvi. 423 The water-line was toothed with fangs of broken ice. 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 14 Fangs of crystal set on edge in his demesne. †c. pl. The mandibles of an insect. Obs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > head > mouth-parts or trophi > mandible(s) fang1609 mandibula1798 mandible1816 1609 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie vi. sig. G2^v, The wax they gather with their fangs. 1712 J. Warder True Amazons 3 Her [sc. a Bee's] Fangs, or Mouth, wherein are her Teeth. d. The venom-tooth of a serpent; also the claws, provided with poison-ducts, which terminate the cheliceræ of a spider. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > parts of > fang sting1530 fang1800 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > member of (spider) > parts of > chelicera > claw having poison-duct fang1800 1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 295 The punctures made by the poisonous fangs were evident. 1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xiii. 264 The fang of a viper..is a perforated tooth. 1855 C. Kingsley Heroes ii. 206 Where are your spider's fangs? 1862 C. Darwin Var. Contriv. Orchids Fertilised v. 220 Each horn is tubular, like an adder's fang. 1875 Cambridge in Encycl. Brit. II. 294 The channel [of the poison] running completely through the fang [in a spider]. fig.1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend The serpent fang of this error.1849 F. W. Robertson Serm. 1st Ser. xiii. 224 The fang of evil pierces the heel of the noblest as he treads it down. e. colloq. A human tooth. Also Comb. and fig. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > tooth or teeth > [noun] teetha900 munpinsc1475 gams1508 peg1598 tusk1632 masticator1681 headrail1767 ivory1783 tombstone1809 dominos1828 dental1837 toothy-peg1840 fang1841 cruncher1859 chomper1884 teg1886 Hampstead Heath1887 pearly1914 gnasher1919 tat1919 pearly whites1935 chopper1937 1841 Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. iii 85 The few discolored fangs..gave him the aspect of a panting dog. 1891 J. S. Farmer Slang II. 374/1 Fang-faker, a dentist. 1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 22 ‘To put in the fangs’—to demand money, etc. 1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas v. 57 Possibly because they were old dental college chums,..these two fang-wrenchers shared a common waiting-room. 1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 31 Fang farrier, dentist. 1957 ‘N. Culotta’ They're a Weird Mob (1958) viii. 109 Jimmy got himself some bread and butter and an open tin of jam. ‘Yer good on the fang, mate,’ said Joe. †5. a. A claw or talon. Obs.Although this sense would appear on etymological grounds likely to have existed, it seems to rest solely on the authority of the Dicts. Possibly it may have been wrongly inferred from figurative applications of sense 4, in which the pl. is often equivalent to ‘clutches’, ‘grasp’, with little or no conscious allusion to the literal use. ΚΠ 1731 J. Kersey New Eng. Dict. (ed. 3) Fang, a claw. 1749 B. Martin Fangs, claws. 1755 Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Fang, the nails, the talons. †b. (See quot. 1768.) ΚΠ 1768 E. Buys New & Compl. Dict. Terms Art I. Fangs, (in Botany) the shoots or tendrils by means of which one Plant takes hold of another. 6. The pointed tapering part of anything which is embedded in something else. a. A spike; the tang of a tool. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [noun] > tang tang14.. shank1678 fang1769 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine sig. O2, Dog, a sort of iron hook, or bar, with a sharp fang at one end, so formed as to be easily driven into a plank. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 222 Fang, the narrow part of the iron of any instrument which passes into the stock. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Fang, a prong, e.g. a yelve-fang. b. The root of a tooth; one of the prongs into which this divides. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > substance or parts of teeth > [noun] > root fang1667 tang1716 shank1851 1667 Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 381 That Tooth..which had not a phang like other Cutters. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 365 If the fangs were capable of an increase by the ossific inflammation. 1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) vi. 142 One or more fangs which are embedded in sockets. †c. A prong of a divided root. Obs. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > root > [noun] > rootlet, fibre, or subsidiary root string1398 by-root1578 fillet1601 taw1615 tapon1641 fibre1656 fang1664 fibril1664 rootlinga1706 lateral root1724 rootlet1783 radicle1793 radicel1819 viver1877 branch-root1884 sprangle1896 thong1927 1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 65 in Sylva Take out your Indian Tuberoses, parting the Off-sets (but with care, lest you break their fangs). 1727 R. Bradley Family Dict. at Anemone, [Sifting earth upon the bed] till..there remain only above ground the Fangs of these young Anemones. III. Technical uses. 7. Naut. a. A rope leading from the peak of the gaff of a fore-and-aft sail to the rail on each side (used for steadying the gaff). Now usually vang n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > rope for steadying gaff fanga1522 vang1769 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) v. xiv. 8 Now the le schete, and now the luf, thai slak, Set in a fang, and threw the ra abak. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Brace, The mizen-yard is furnished with fangs, or vangs, in the room of braces. b. pl. The valves of a pump-box. [Compare 1b.] ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 8. Mining. (See quots.) [Derbyshire dialect: perhaps a separate word. Also windfang.] ΚΠ a1661 E. Manlove in T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Derb. 230 A Spindle, a Lampturne, a Fange. 1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Givb, Fange is a Place..which is left as we drive along the Drift, on purpose to carry Wind along with us. 1802 J. Mawe Mineral. of Derbyshire Gloss., Fang, a case made of wood, &c., to carry wind into the mine. 1836 R. Furness Medicus-Magus 51 [The devil] quite rusty with the smoke, Fled up the Fang. [Here app. used for ‘chimney’.] 1836 R. Furness Medicus-Magus 69 (Glossary) Fang, a passage made for conducting air after the miner. IV. 9. attrib. and Comb.: fang-bolt n. a bolt having a spiked nut or washer, used for attaching iron to wood. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > bolt > types of round bolt1582 ringbolt1599 pikebolt1622 rag bolt1625 set-bolt1627 clinch-bolta1642 eyebolt1649 clinch1659 screw-bolt1690 king bolt1740 wrain-bolt1750 wraining-bolt1769 toggle-bolt1794 strap-bolt1795 wring-bolt1815 through-bolt1821 truss-bolt1825 slip-stopper1831 stud bolt1838 anchor bolt1839 king rod1843 joint bolt1844 spade-bolt1850 shackle-bolt1852 roof bolt1853 set-stud1855 coach bolt1869 truss-rod1873 fox-bolt1874 garnish-bolt1874 fang-bolt1876 stud1878 U bolta1884 rock bolt1887 hook bolt1899 tower bolt1911 explosive bolt1948 1876 J. W. Barry Railway Appliances ii. 73 Fang-bolts consist of bolts long enough to pass through the sleepers, with a screw cut on the lower end to fit a wide flat nut, having on it fangs or short spikes. 1915 C. J. Allen Mod. Brit. Permanent Way 60 Whereas this type of fang-bolt has in all three separate parts—bolt, nut, and washer—it will be noticed that the Great Southern and Western and Great Eastern fang-bolts..consist of the bolt and a fanged nut only. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2014). fangn.² Brit. /faŋ/, U.S. /fæŋ/, Australian English /fæŋ/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Fangio. Etymology: < fang- (in the name of Juan Manuel Fangio (1911–95), Argentinian motor-racing driver who won the world championship in 1951 and then held the title from 1954 until 1957). Compare fang v.³ Australian colloquial. A high-speed drive in a motor vehicle. Cf. fang v.³ ΚΠ 1970 A. Buzo Front Room Boys i, in Plays 20 If I were one of the back room boys, you wouldn't see me here before noon. I'd be down by the pool or out for a fang in the Jag. 1999 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 16 Jan. 39 The worst thing he can do is send a 20-year-old hot-head away after having a bit of a ‘fang’ at the centre who is no more competent behind the wheel then [sic] when he arrived. 2006 Echo (Austral.) (Nexis) 24 Aug. 25 Not many cars manage to leave me feeling so happy after a quick fang or simple drive to the shops. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). fangv.¹ /fæŋ/ Forms: α. Inf. Old English–Middle English fón, Middle English fo-n; pa. tense Old English–Middle English feng, (Middle English fang, south. veng, venk, Middle English feyng), Middle English fong(e, (Middle English fone), 1700s south. vung; pa. pple. Old English fangen, Middle English fon, Middle English fonge. β. Inf. Middle English Orm. fangenn, Middle English–1500s fong(e(n, (Middle English foangen), Middle English–1500s fange, ( fannge, fonnge), Middle English fangyn, (1500s fangue), 1600s phang, south. vang, Middle English– fang; pa. tense and pa. pple. Middle English fonged, -ett, -id, -it, Sc. fangit, Middle English– fanged. Etymology: Common Germanic: Old English fón, redupl. strong verb corresponding to Old Frisian fâ, Old Saxon fâhan, Old High German fâhan (Middle High German vâhen, modern German (poet) fahen), Old Norse fá (Danish faae, Swedish få), Gothic fāhan < Old Germanic fanhan, preterite fefang-, past participle fangano-. About 1200 the stem fang-* of the past participle appears as a present-stem (infinitive fangen), and gradually supersedes the older form; a similar change has taken place independently in the other Germanic languages: compare Dutch vangen, modern High German fangen, late Icelandic fanga (Danish fange, Swedish fånga). The weak past tense and past participle, which are peculiar to English, appear first in 14th cent.; the original strong forms seldom occur after the 15th cent. Now arch. or dial. †1. a. trans. To lay hold of, grasp, hold, seize; to clasp, embrace. Obs. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [verb (transitive)] clipc950 freeOE beclipc1000 windc1175 fang?c1200 yokec1275 umgripea1300 to take in (also into, on) one's armsc1300 umbefold14.. collc1320 lapc1350 bracec1375 embracec1386 clapa1400 folda1400 halsea1400 umbeclapa1400 accollc1400 fathomc1400 halchc1400 haspc1400 hoderc1440 plighta1450 plet?a1500 cuddlec1520 complect1523 umbfoldc1540 clasp1549 culla1564 cully1576 huggle1583 embosom1590 wrap1594 collya1600 cling1607 bosom1608 grasp1609 comply1648 huddlea1650 smuggle1679 inarm1713 snuggle1775 cwtch1965 society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > capture or acquire by conquest i-wina1000 wina1122 fang?c1200 catchc1275 conquer1297 geta1400 stealc1400 conquer1475 conquest1485 conques1488 evict1560 carry1579 intake1646 constrain1700 capture1796 the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > hold [verb (transitive)] > lay hold of or grasp i-fangc888 gripc950 repeOE befongOE keepc1000 latchc1000 hentOE begripec1175 becatchc1200 fang?c1200 i-gripea1225 warpa1225 fastenc1225 arepa1250 to set (one's) hand(s onc1290 kip1297 cleach?a1300 hendc1300 fasta1325 reachc1330 seizec1374 beclipc1380 takea1387 span1398 to seize on or upon1399 getc1440 handc1460 to catch hold1520 to take hold1530 to lay hold (up)on, of1535 grasple1553 to have by the backa1555 handfast1562 apprehend1572 grapple1582 to clap hold of1583 comprehend1584 graspa1586 attach1590 gripple1591 engrasp1593 clum1594 to seize of1600 begriple1607 fast hold1611 impalm1611 fista1616 to set (one's) hand to1638 to get one's hands on1649 ?c1200 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3733 Mann mihhte himm fon. & pinenn. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17723 Symeon..iesus tuix his handes fang. a1400–50 Alexander 2971 Felly fangis it [a torche] in his fist. c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 299, I wil him fang With mi fingers. a1450 Le Morte Arth. 1796 In hys hand a swerd he fone. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 425 Sodanlye in armys he coud him fang. b. To catch (fish); to take in a snare. Also fig. Obs. exc. arch. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > catch fish [verb (transitive)] fangc900 fishc1374 the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (transitive)] > catch with a snare fangc900 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > entrap, ensnare [verb (transitive)] shrenchc897 beswike971 betrapa1000 bewindOE undernimc1175 undertakec1175 bisayc1200 beguile?c1225 catchc1225 beginc1250 biwilea1275 tele?a1300 enginec1300 lime13.. umwrithea1340 engrin1340 oblige1340 belimec1350 enlacec1374 girnc1375 encumber138. gnarec1380 enwrap1382 briguea1387 snarl1387 upbroid1387 trap1390 entrikea1393 englue1393 gildera1400 aguilec1400 betraisec1400 embrygec1400 snare1401 lacea1425 maska1425 begluec1430 marl1440 supprise?c1450 to prey ona1500 attrap1524 circumvene1526 entangle1526 tangle1526 entrap1531 mesh1532 embrake1542 crawl1548 illaqueate1548 intricate1548 inveigle1551 circumvent1553 felter1567 besnare1571 in trick1572 ensnare1576 overcatch1577 underfong1579 salt1580 entoil1581 comprehend1584 windlassa1586 folda1592 solicit1592 toil1592 bait1600 beset1600 engage1603 benet1604 imbrier1605 ambush1611 inknot1611 enmesha1616 trammela1616 fool1620 pinion1621 aucupate1630 fang1637 surprise1642 underreacha1652 trepan1656 ensnarl1658 stalk1659 irretiate1660 coil1748 nail1766 net1803 to rope in1840 mousetrap1870 spider1891 c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. i. i. §1 Her beoþ oft fangene seolas & hronas. a1225 St. Marher. 3 As þe fuhel þe is fon i þe fuheleres grune. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 5480 Of þat fysche þat þai þus fang. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Cadger l. 2119 in Poems (1981) 81 Micht we that hering fang. 1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iv. viii. 36 He hath..fanged himselfe faster in the snare. 1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 185 May Até Fang them in her hopeless snare! 1877 J. S. Blackie Wise Men Greece 206 A little child..Can fang a stickleback with pin for hook. †c. To seize upon (booty); to catch, apprehend, get into one's power (a person); to capture (a city), to seize (lands, possessions). Obs. exc. arch. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (intransitive)] fang1016 pluck?a1425 puckerow1843 the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] gripea900 afangOE to lay hands (or hand) on or upon (also in, to)OE repeOE atfonga1000 keepc1000 fang1016 kip1297 seize1338 to seize on or upon1399 to grip toc1400 rapc1415 to rap and rendc1415 comprise1423 forsetc1430 grip1488 to put (one's) hand(s) on (also in, to, unto, upon)1495 compass1509 to catch hold1520 hap1528 to lay hold (up)on, of1535 seisin?c1550 cly1567 scratch1582 attach1590 asseizea1593 grasp1642 to grasp at1677 collar1728 smuss1736 get1763 pin1768 grabble1796 bag1818 puckerow1843 nobble1877 jump1882 snaffle1902 snag1962 pull1967 the mind > possession > taking > seizing > catching or capture > catch or capture [verb (transitive)] i-lecchec1000 fang1016 hentOE takeOE alatchlOE catchc1275 wina1300 to take ina1387 attain1393 geta1400 overhent?a1400 restay?a1400 seizea1400 tachec1400 arrest1481 carrya1500 collara1535 snap1568 overgo1581 surprise1592 nibble1608 incaptivate1611 nicka1640 cop1704 chop1726 nail1735 to give a person the foot1767 capture1796 hooka1800 sniba1801 net1803 nib1819 prehend1831 corral1860 rope1877 1016 Anglo-Saxon Chron. Hi fang woldon fon. c1325 Metr. Hom. 80 He might this ilk nonne fange To slake his lust. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 425 Ffaunge the fermes in fatthe of alle þa faire rewmes. c1440 York Myst. xix. 128 May I þat faitour fange. c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 56 The toure of Baris..was so verray stronge That all the werld fro two men with force moght noght it fonge. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 5744 Þat na thefe suld him [a horse] fang. c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. cxxxix. iv, To assayle the citee, and haue fongid With might of menne. a1529 J. Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte (?1545) 1157 [He] wyll..streitly strangle us, And he may fange us. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 956 His goddis..hym grace lent The flese for to fonge. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Biv/1, To Fangue, comprehendere. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe i. sig. A4^v, Hee's in the lawes clutches, you see hee's fangd. a1616 Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 23 Destruction phang mankinde. View more context for this quotation 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxon. II. 327 Death fang'd the remnant of his lugs. 1922 G. Blair Haunted Dominie 21 O what shall then betide me, when Death shall fang my shoulders. absol.a1627 H. Shirley Martyr'd Souldier (1638) v. i. sig. H4^v, It has ever beene my profession to fang and clutch, and to squeeze. †d. To get, get at, obtain, procure. Also, to get together, collect. Obs. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] wieldeOE haveeOE ofgoOE oweOE addlec1175 winc1175 avela1200 to come by ——a1225 covera1250 oughtc1275 reachc1275 hentc1300 purchasec1300 to come to ——c1330 getc1330 pickc1330 chevise1340 fang1340 umbracec1350 chacche1362 perceivea1382 accroacha1393 achievea1393 to come at ——a1393 areach1393 recovera1398 encroach?a1400 chevec1400 enquilec1400 obtainc1422 recurec1425 to take upc1425 acquirea1450 encheve1470 sortise1474 conques?a1500 tain1501 report1508 conquest1513 possess1526 compare1532 cough1550 coff1559 fall1568 reap1581 acquist1592 accrue1594 appurchasec1600 recoil1632 to get at ——1666 to come into ——1672 rise1754 net1765 to fall in for1788 to scare up1846 access1953 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] somnec825 heapc900 gathera975 samc1000 to set togetherc1275 fang1340 assemblec1374 recueilc1380 drawa1393 to draw togethera1398 semblea1400 congatherc1400 congregatec1400 to take together1490 recollect1513 to gather togetherc1515 to get together1523 congesta1552 confer1552 collect1573 ingatherc1575 ramass1586 upgather1590 to muster upa1593 accrue1594 musterc1595 compone1613 herd1615 contract1620 recoil1632 comporta1641 rally1643 rendezvous1670 purse1809 adduct1824 to round up1873 reeve1876 to pull together1925 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 552 For ensample, bi my sawe soþ mow ȝe fonge Of iubiter. a1400–50 Alexander 2059 Amonta þe miȝtfull his men þan he fangis. c1400 Melayne 984 Go fonnge the another fere. c1440 York Myst. xxvi. 16 Ther fanged I my fame. 15.. Childe of Bristowe 33 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 112 He rought not whom he begiled, worly good to fong. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vi. ix. 138 Furth rentyng all, hys fuyd to fang full fayn. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus ii. f. 17^v, He him bethocht for to fang sum defence. a1605 A. Montgomerie Natur Passis Nuriture 34 To fang his friendship they war fane. †e. to fang up: ‘to pluck up’ (the heart); to ‘take up’, interrupt sharply. Obs. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > pluck up courage [verb] findOE to take (in early use nim) heartc1275 to have the heartc1300 to hent one's heartc1325 to pull upa1393 to fang upa1400 pluckc1400 to take courage1490 to take heart of grace (and variants)c1520 to lift up one's heart, mind, soul1535 to get (also gather, keep, etc.) heart of grace1581 hearten1587 to pluck up one's courage1660 flesh1695 pluck up courage1726 to pick up1735 to call forth1802 to pluck up1827 to muster up1893 the mind > language > speech > interruption > interrupt (speech) [verb (transitive)] > interrupt (a person) to fang upa1400 interrupt1413 interpel1541 catch1670 to take up1885 to draw up1905 a1400–50 Alexander 988 Fange vp ȝour hertis. a1400–50 Alexander 2197 Þan fangis him vp þe fell kyng a fuyll feyned laȝtir. 2. To receive, accept. a. To receive as a gift, or as one's due; to earn as wages; also, to accept as one's lot. Obs. exc. dial. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > accept without resistance [verb (transitive)] fangOE swallowa1591 the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > receive [verb (transitive)] > accept onfangeOE fangOE to take with ——lOE takec1175 understandc1200 afangc1275 receivec1330 accepta1382 'lowa1382 except1393 to take up1570 to take a person up on (something)1807 to take up1810 society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (transitive)] > earn earneOE fangOE i-earnOE winc1175 getc1300 betravail1393 to knock out1873 to pull downa1902 to knock down1929 pull1937 OE Beowulf 2989 He ðam frætwum feng. c1000 Solomon & Saturn 686 Foh hider to me burh and breotone bold to gewealde rodora rices. ?c1200 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 5390 Seoffne ȝifess. þatt man foþ Off haliȝ gastess hellpe. 1258 Proclam. Hen. III Riȝt for to done and to foangen. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3110 Ah eower monradene ic wulle fon [c1300 Otho vnderfon]. c1394 P. Pl. Crede 836 It mot ben a man of also mek an herte Þat myȝte..þat Holly Gost fongen. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 540 Þe fowre frekez of þe folde fongez þe empyre. c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 2642 Wha juges men with wrang, The same jugement sal thai fang. c1475 Partenay 2423 When thes Barons thys answere had fong. 1482 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 313 Euery seruant that ffangyth wagys, schalle [etc.]. 1846 Spec. Cornish Dial. 27 But ded'st fang any money? as a body may say. †b. to fang cristendom: to receive baptism, become Christian. Also, of Christ, to fang mennishe or mankind: to assume human nature. Obs. ΘΚΠ the world > people > [verb (intransitive)] > become human to fang mennishe or mankindc1200 anthropomorphose1815 society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > baptize [verb (transitive)] > undergo to fang cristendomc1200 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 133 God fundede from heuene to eorðe to fongen mennisshe. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 73 He willede anon in hys herte to fonge Cristendom. c1405 (c1390) Chaucer Man of Law's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 279 She wolde reneye hir lay And cristendom of preestes handes fonge. c1480 (a1400) St. Mary Magdalen 242 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 263 How mane-kynd þat he can fange. †c. To receive as a guest; to welcome. lit. and fig. Obs. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > visit [verb (transitive)] > receive as visitor underfo924 afangOE underfonga1175 fangc1275 upfoa1300 seec1500 entertain1559 c1275 Laȝamon Brut 13378 He..hehte þe beste cnihtes..þreo hundred him come to and he ȝam wolde wel fon. c1418 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 247 Fals beleve is fayn to fonge The lewde lust of lollardie. c1430 Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 209 Þe modir þat wolde deeþ fong. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 366 He fongid þo freikes with a fine chere. 1578 in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 130 Sa blyth as bird my God to fang. 3. = take v. in various uses; esp. with obj. arms, counsel, leave, a name, one's way; to undertake (battle). Also const. to, unto, to be: To take (a person or thing) for (a purpose). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport fangOE flitc1175 convey1393 wainc1400 transport1483 traduce1535 port1566 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use formal courtesy in act or expression [verb (intransitive)] > bid farewell to take leavelOE to latch one's ease, one's leave1377 to take congee1377 fangc1400 adieua1500 to get one's leave?a1513 to take adieu (also farewell)1539 to shake hands1546 congeea1616 to give congeea1645 farewell1930 sayonara1949 OE Genesis 287 Mid swilcum mæg man ræd geþencean, fon mid swilcum folcgesteallan. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11416 Elc þer feng [c1300 Otho fenge] water & clæð. 1290 Beket 7 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 106 Gilbert Bekat..him bi-þouȝte þe Croiz for-to fo In-to þe holie land. c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 1122 Armes y fenge for loue of [þe]. c1330 Amis & Amil. 970 Pray him..That he the batail for ous fong, Ogain the steward. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 245 Straught unto Kaire his wey he fongeth. c1394 P. Pl. Crede 786 Þei schulden..mene-mong corn bred to her mete fongen. a1400–50 Alexander (Dublin) 805* Frist of my faire foles fang þe a hundreth. a1400–50 Alexander (Dublin) 3186 Þe name of an Emperoure ne wald he neuire fange. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1556 Hir leue fayre con scho fonge. a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 3831 Yf that a man outrageousli hem [wynes] fonge, They birien witte. 1420 Siege Rouen in Archæol. XXI. 67 As they satte here mete to fonge. c1440 Bone Flor. 1831 They went Florence to leman have fonge. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiv. 176 Let vs fownde a slepe to fang. 1567 R. Sempill Ballates (1872) i. 2 Zit neuer did sho se his maik in France Off royall bluid to fang to be hir feir. 4. intr. To seize, lay hold, take hold on; to take to, betake oneself to, turn to, proceed to or against; to set upon, attack. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > hold or grip [verb (intransitive)] > lay hold fang855 hentOE grispc1420 grip1489 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > have recourse to [verb (transitive)] fang855 runOE to take to ——?c1225 seeka1300 goc1390 to have (one's or a) recourse toc1405 recourse?a1425 suit1450 to take (also make or make one's) recourse to (also into)c1456 repairc1475 to fall to ——1490 recur1511 to take unto ——1553 flee1563 betake1590 retreat1650 to call on ——1721 devolve1744 to draw upon ——1800 to draw on ——a1817 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > attack with hostile words or measures fangc1320 hurtlec1374 impugnc1384 weighc1386 to fall upon ——a1398 to start on ——a1398 oppugn?1435 to lay to, untoa1500 onseta1522 wipe1523 to set against ——1542 to fall aboard——1593 aggress1596 to fall foul1602 attack1613 appugn1615 to set upon ——1639 to fall on ——1641 to lay home, hard, hardly to1650 tack1720 bombard1766 savage1796 to pitch into ——1823 to begin upon a personc1825 bulldog1842 to down on (also upon)a1848 to set at ——1849 to start on ——a1851 to start in on1859 set on at or to1862 to let into1872 to go for ——1890 swash1890 slog1891 to get at ——1893 tee1955 855 Anglo-Saxon Chron. And þa fengon his ii sunu to rice. OE Beowulf 1542 Heo..him togeanes feng. a1000 Battle of Maldon 10 Þa he to wæpnum feng. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 181 Ðe honde foð to..alle þinge þe hire beð biheue. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15867 Þeos feng to his riche after his fader daiȝe. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13564 Þat whenne Rom-leoden þer comen riden. þat heo uengen [c1300 Otho sette] heom on. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2947 Þa oðere..fengen [c1300 Otho set] heom to-ȝæines. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 855 [Heo] fusden to þan Freinscan & heo hem to-ȝan fengen [c1300 Otho hii ȝam on-fenge]. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 331 Þe mete forð iwat for þer fengen [c1300 Otho feng] feole to. c1320 Cast. Love 895 Wiþ-outen eny meþ on me heo foþ. a1400–50 Alexander 1990 Fyne, fole, of þi fare, & fange to þi kythis. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 3309 He fongede faste one þe feleyghes [of a wheel]. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 457 He [þe rauen] fongez to þe flyȝt. c1420 Metr. St. Kath. (Halliw.) Yonge to Cryste sche can to fonge. 1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 21/1, I don't fang to your notions. 5. a. To engage on, set about, begin on; to begin, commence to do (something). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > begin an action or fall to doing something fangc888 goOE fallc1175 to fall upon ——a1398 to take upa1400 fall?c1450 to fall out ina1555 get1751 c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxix. §4 Ic getiohhod hæfde on oðer weorc to fonne. a1000 Ælfric Interrog. Sigewulfi (McClean) xxi, We foð nu on þa axunge þar we hi ær forleton. a1225 St. Marher. 22 Þe feondes..fengen to ȝeien Margarete meiden..leowse ure bondes. c1275 Woman of Samaria 4 in Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 84 He venk to prechie. c1306 Execution Fraser 89 in Pol. Songs (Camden) 216 Nou ichulle fonge ther ich er let Ant tellen ou of Frisel. b. With on adv.: To begin. Cf. onfang v. = German anfangen. Obs. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] beginc1000 onginOE aginOE ginc1175 to go tillc1175 to take onc1175 comsea1225 fanga1225 to go toc1275 i-ginc1275 commencec1320 to get (also get down, go, go adown, set, set down) to workc1400 to lay to one's hand(sc1405 to put to one's hand (also hands)c1410 to set toc1425 standa1450 to make to1563 to fall to it1570 to start out1574 to fall to1577 to run upon ——1581 to break off1591 start1607 to set in1608 to set to one's hands1611 to put toa1616 to fall ona1625 in1633 to fall aboard1642 auspicatea1670 to set out1693 to enter (into) the fray1698 open1708 to start in1737 inchoate1767 to set off1774 go1780 start1785 to on with1843 to kick off1857 to start in on1859 to steam up1860 to push off1909 to cut loose1923 to get (also put) the show on the road1941 to get one's arse in gear1948 a1225 St. Marher. 5 Þe edle meiden..feng on þeos bone. a1225 Juliana 10 He feng on to tellen him hu his dohter droh him from deie to deie. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 179 And fo we on mid riȝte dome. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15682 Ȝet ich þe suggen wulle ane sunder rune. hu þu mihte fon on. þat hit ne buð nauere undon. †6. a. To promise, resolve, undertake. Const. with inf. (or its equivalent). Obs. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise, vow, or pledge [verb (intransitive)] queatheOE sweara900 fangc1175 behightc1275 to make (hold, pay, keep, yield or break) a vowc1290 vowa1325 avowc1400 to plight (one's) faithc1410 promitc1422 promise1447 creance1477 to take in vow1526 votec1540 depose1610 vum1785 to nail down1859 pledge1928 c1175 Lamb. Hom. 61 God us ȝefe in horte to fon Þet we ne þenchen ufel to don. a1400 Cov. Myst. (1841) 243 To do penawns loke that ȝe ffonge. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 599, I shall fonge you to forther, & my faith holde. b. to fang to: to be sponsor for. dial. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > baptize [verb (transitive)] > sponsor answereOE heavec1175 to fang toc1420 gossipa1616 994 Anglo-Saxon Chron. Se cyning Æþelræd his onfeng æt bisceopes handa.] c1420 Chron. Vilod. 558 Seynt Ede hurre self was redy tho þer, To fonge to þe child as he had y teyȝt. 1674 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 80 He vangd to me at the Vant. 1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) i. 3 When tha vung'st to..Rabbin. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. at Vang to, When the paa'sn come there wad-n nobody vor to vang to un. †7. intr. To take one's way, go, proceed; also, to swerve from. Obs. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] nimeOE becomec885 teec888 goeOE i-goc900 lithec900 wendeOE i-farec950 yongc950 to wend one's streetOE fare971 i-wende971 shakeOE winda1000 meteOE wendOE strikec1175 seekc1200 wevec1200 drawa1225 stira1225 glidea1275 kenc1275 movec1275 teemc1275 tightc1275 till1297 chevec1300 strake13.. travelc1300 choosec1320 to choose one's gatea1325 journeyc1330 reachc1330 repairc1330 wisec1330 cairc1340 covera1375 dressa1375 passa1375 tenda1375 puta1382 proceedc1392 doa1400 fanda1400 haunta1400 snya1400 take?a1400 thrilla1400 trace?a1400 trinea1400 fangc1400 to make (also have) resortc1425 to make one's repair (to)c1425 resort1429 ayrec1440 havea1450 speer?c1450 rokec1475 wina1500 hent1508 persevere?1521 pursuec1540 rechec1540 yede1563 bing1567 march1568 to go one's ways1581 groyl1582 yode1587 sally1590 track1590 way1596 frame1609 trickle1629 recur1654 wag1684 fadge1694 haul1802 hike1809 to get around1849 riddle1856 bat1867 biff1923 truck1925 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > withdraw from an engagement or promise starta1450 fang1522 recidivate1528 to draw back1572 flinch1578 to shrink collar1579 retract1616 to shrink out of the collar1636 renege1651 to fly off1667 to slip (the) collarc1677 to declare off1749 to cry off1775 to back out1807 to fight off1833 crawfish1848 welsh1871 to pull out1884 c1400 Song Roland 577 In Cristis name let us furthe fonge. c1456 Turnament of Tottenham 193 in T. Percy Reliques (1775) II. 23 He saw Tyrry away wyth Tyb fang. 1522 Worlde & Chylde (de Worde) (1909) sig. B.ii^v, Conscyence. Manhode wyll ye by this worde stande? Manhode. Yea conscyence..I wyll neuer from it fonge. c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Av, The fatall hors did throw thair wallis fang. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2014). fangv.² /fæŋ/ Etymology: < fang n.¹ 1. trans. To strike one's fang or fangs into. Of an anchor: To ‘bite’ with its fluke. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor (a ship) [verb (transitive)] > anchor (a ship) > take hold of bottom with anchor > take hold in bottom (of anchor) fang1807 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad vii. 255 And with thin moony anchors fang the coast. 1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 531 What though sin, Serpent-like, fanged her. 2. to fang a pump, (loosely) a well: to give (it) a grip of the water; to prime. Cf. fang n.¹ 1b, 7b Also fig. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > drill for oil or gas [verb (transitive)] > other procedures to fang a pump, (loosely) a well1819 to rack up1839 shootc1870 torpedo1873 pull1895 sidetrack1906 swab1916 stab1922 re-enter1937 rack1949 the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] buskc1330 agraith1340 to make readya1382 arraya1387 providec1425 prepare1517 addressa1522 apparel1523 bouna1525 buckle1563 to make frecka1572 fettle?c1600 fix1716 to set into ——1825 to show foot1825 ready1878 to fang a pump, (loosely) a well1883 prep1900 to get (oneself) organized1926 to sharpen one's pencil1957 1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 5 654 To fang a well signifies to pour into it sufficient liquid to set the pump at work again. 1825 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xix, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 377 If the wall's fanged, I'll bring up a gush wi' a single drive. 1867 W. H. Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 1883 W. C. Smith North Country Folk 181 Little he read, and what he did Was mostly sermons to ‘fang his pump’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2012). fangv.³ Brit. /faŋ/, U.S. /fæŋ/, Australian English /fæŋ/ Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by conversion. Or (ii) from a proper name. Etymons: fang n.²; proper name Fangio. Etymology: < fang n.² or its etymon fang- (in the name of Juan Manuel Fangio: see fang n.²). Australian colloquial. 1. intransitive. To drive at high speed in a motor vehicle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > drive or operate a motor vehicle > fast or recklessly speed1904 blind1923 cowboy1933 tear-arse1942 fang1973 hoon1983 1973 A. Buzo Rooted 36 Let's hop in the B and fang up to the beach. 1995 Sydney Morning Herald 1 Dec. (Metropolitan Suppl.) 31/1 You could just fang out to Panthers in Penrith, hand over $5 for a bucket of balls and slam them into the little dam. 2002 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 22 Apr. 19 Ain't nothin' like it! Fanging down a hill with the wind in your face and nature all around! Eh, Min? 2. transitive. To drive (a motor vehicle) at high speed. ΚΠ 1981 Bulletin (Sydney) 10 Nov. 43/3 We pick up sheilas, get drunk, steal cars, fang 'em. 1984 National Times (Sydney) 14 Sept. 14/4 They've had half a dozen drinks and, you know, they want to impress the girls and their mates at how fast they can fang their car around the corner. 2005 Sunday Mail (S. Austral.) (Nexis) 25 Dec. 72 If you fang the Yaris..fuel economy barely seems to suffer. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1016n.²1970v.¹855v.²1807v.³1973
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