Fang

·vt The valve of a pump box.

II. Fang ·vt A bend or loop of a rope.

III. Fang ·vt Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.

IV. Fang ·adj To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.

V. Fang ·vt A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course.

VI. Fang ·vt The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. ·see Tooth.

VII. Fang ·adj To Catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to Gripe; to Clutch.

VIII. 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.

IX. 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.