FANG

vt the valve of a pump box.

2. fang ·vt a bend or loop of a rope.

3. fang ·vt any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.

4. fang ·adj to enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.

5. fang ·vt a niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course.

6. fang ·vt the root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. ·see tooth.

7. fang ·adj to catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch.

8. fang ·vt 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.

9. fang ·vt 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.