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   Tang (tăng), n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. tang seaweed, Sw. tång, Icel. þang.  Cf. Tangle.] (Bot.) A coarse blackish seaweed (Fucus nodosus).  Dr. Prior.
   
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   Tang sparrow (Zool.), the rock pipit. [Prov. Eng.]
   
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   Tang, n. [Probably fr. OD. tanger sharp, tart, literally, pinching; akin to E. tongs. √59. See Tong.]
   1. A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, “wine or cider has a tang of the cask”.
   
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   2. Fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.  Cf. Tang a twang.
   
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   Such proceedings had a strong tang of tyranny. Fuller.
   
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   A cant of philosophism, and a tang of party politics. Jeffrey.
   
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   3. [Probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. tangi a projecting point; akin to E. tongs. See Tongs.] A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part; anything resembling a tongue in form or position. Specifically: --
   
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   (a) The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
   
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   (b) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
   
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   (c) The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
   
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   (d) The tongue of a buckle. [Prov. Eng.]
   
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   Tang, n. [Of imitative origin.  Cf. Twang. This word has become confused with tang taste, flavor.] A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
   
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   Tang (täng), n. [Chin. T`ang.] A dynasty in Chinese history, from a. d. 618 to 905, distinguished by the founding of the Imperial Academy (the Hanlin), by the invention of printing, and as marking a golden age of literature.
   
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   Tang, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tanged (tăngd); p. pr. & vb. n. Tanging.] To cause to ring or sound loudly; to ring.
   
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   Let thy tongue tang arguments of state. Shak.
   
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   To tang bees, to cause a swarm of bees to settle, by beating metal to make a din.
   
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   Tang, v. i. To make a ringing sound; to ring.
   
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   Let thy tongue tang arguments of state. Shak.
   
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