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   Fang (făng), v. t. [OE. fangen, fongen, fon (g orig. only in p. p. and imp. tense), AS. fōn; akin to D. vangen, OHG. fāhan, G. fahen, fangen, Icel. fā, Sw. få, fånga, Dan. fange, faae, Goth. fahan, and prob. to E. fair, peace, pact.  Cf. Fair, a.]
   1. To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch. [Obs.]  Shak.
   
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   He's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged. J. Webster.
   
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   2. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs. “Chariots fanged with scythes.”  Philips.
   
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   Fang, n. [From Fang, v. t.; cf. AS. fang a taking, booty, G. fang.]
   1. (Zool.) The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider.
   
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   Since I am a dog, beware my fangs. Shak.
   
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   2. Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.
   
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   The protuberant fangs of the yucca. Evelyn.
   
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   3. (Anat.) The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See Tooth.
   
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   4. (Mining) A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course.  Knight.
   
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   5. (Mech.) A projecting tooth or prong, as in a part of a lock, or the plate of a belt clamp, or the end of a tool, as a chisel, where it enters the handle.
   
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   6. (Naut.) (a) The valve of a pump box. (b) A bend or loop of a rope.
   
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   In a fang, fast entangled. -- To lose the fang, said of a pump when the water has gone out; hence: To fang a pump, to supply it with the water necessary to make it operate. [Scot.]
   
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