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tang (taŋ)

noun

  1. a projecting point or prong on a chisel, file, knife, etc., that fits into a handle, shaft, etc.
  2. a strong and penetrating taste or odor
  3. a touch or trace (of some quality)
  4. a special or characteristic flavor, quality, etc.
  5. ☆ surgeonfish

Etymology: ME tange < ON tangi, a sting, point, dagger, nasalized form of base seen in tack

transitive verb

to provide (a knife, etc.) with a tang
tang2 definition

tang (taŋ)

noun

a loud, ringing sound; twang

Etymology: echoic

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to sound with a loud ringing
Tang definition

Tang (täŋ)

noun

618-906 ; Chin. dynasty under which literature & art flourished & printing was developed

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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