tangedadj.
/taŋd/ Having a tang; furnished with a tang to fix in a handle; barbed; forked.
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tanged1888
1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield Tanged, forked.
1891 R. Day in Proc. Soc. Antiq. 22 Jan. 226 A small tanged chisel.
1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 125 I left my views on Art, barbed and tanged, below the heart Of a mammothistic etcher at Grenelle.
1899 R. Munro Prehist. Scotl. v. 167 Arrow points may be divided into tanged and untanged.
1904 E. A. T. W. Budge Guide 3rd & 4th Egypt. Rooms Brit. Museum 8 Iron javelin~head, tanged... Barbed and tanged arrow-heads of iron.
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