fang

noun

1. A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.

   “The warrior realized in an instant that he owed his life to this strange white man, and he also saw that only a miracle could save his preserver from those fierce yellow fangs that had been so near to his own flesh.”

2. (obsolete)Synonym of mandible, the long mouthpart of insects and other invertebrates.
3. A long, pointed tooth in snakes, used for injecting venom.
4. A pointed extension of the chelicera in spiders, used for injecting venom.
5. (colloquial)Synonym of tooth, particularly in humans.
6. Either of the two factors that make a number a vampire number.
7. (Scotland, dialectal)A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
8. (Scotland, dialectal)That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
9. (obsolete)Any item, body part, or projection used for or capable of catching or seizing, particularly
10. Any item, body part, or projection used for or capable of catching or seizing, particularly
11. (obsolete)Any item, body part, or projection used for or capable of catching or seizing, particularly

    “Now take out your Indian Tuberoſes, parting the Off-ſets (but with care, leſt you break their fangs) then pot them in natural (not forc'd) Earth; [...] the protuberant fangs of the Yuca are to be treated like the Tuberoſes.”

12. (obsolete)Any item, body part, or projection used for or capable of catching or seizing, particularly
13. Any item, body part, or projection used for or capable of catching or seizing, particularly
14. Any item, body part, or projection used for or capable of catching or seizing, particularly
15. (archaic)Synonym of vang, a line extended from the end of a gaff to control its position.
16. The valve of a pump-box.
17. (Derbyshire, dialectal)A channel cut or pipe set for the purpose of carrying fresh air to working miners.
18. (in-plural, rare)Catches on which a coalmining cage rests while cars are being moved on and off.
19. (plural, plural-only)A people of western Africa.

verb

1. (rare)To strike or attack with the fangs.
2. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.

   “chariots fang'd with scythes”

3. (archaic, dialectal, transitive)To catch, capture; seize.

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

   “Destruction fang mankind.”

4. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To take; receive with assent; accept.
5. (obsolete, transitive)To receive with hospitality.
6. (obsolete, transitive)To receive.
7. (dialectal, transitive)To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.
8. (Scotland, transitive)To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.
9. (Australia, intransitive, slang, transitive)To drive, ride, etc. at high speed or recklessly.

   “Soph was probably out drag-racing with Draz, or fanging down some brightly lit street somewhere hanging out Draz's brother's sunroof and waving at passers-by and screaming.”

   “The question of whether rail might be a better long-term option than road is passed over with the speed of a merchant banker fanging up the toll road to Mount Buller for the weekend[…]”

   “Batman changed gears and fanged the car a little too fast around a corner, almost skidding onto Elizabeth Street at the back of Redfern.”

name

1. The dominant Bantu language of Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, spoken by 1.3 million people, also called Pahouin.
2. A Beboid language of Cameroon, spoken by only 2400 people, so called because it is spoken in the village of Fang.
3. A county of Shiyan, Hubei, China.

   “Many valuable medicines are produced in Hupei, particularly in the Shih-nan Prefecture and in the Fang and Hsing-shan districts.”

   “FANG COUNTY HYDROELECTRICITY--This year the people in Fang County have developed 135 small hydroelectric power stations with a total installed[...]”

   “After parting with his brothers, Wang Yü-yang journeyed on the southwest road and came to a small town nestled in the rural region of Fang County.”

   ““Its speed was very fast, but it was walking, not running,” Yuan said. As the creature ranged across a mountain in Fang county, bordering the Shennongjia Forestry District, “it walked faster than a human ran”.”

   “Hubei Sanxin Biotechnology Co., LTD, located in Fang County, Shiyan City, has developed a series of traditional Chinese medicine [from] Polygonum Cuspidatum, including "yellow bud stem" vegetables, resveratrol extract, emodin extract, and crude Polygonum cuspidatum extract and so on.”

4. A surname from Mandarin
5. Four large technology companies, or (metonymically) their stock: Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google.

   “The FANG stocks (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google) today are leading the charge, and many of them boast P/Es in the hundreds!”