Fang
- Proper noun. (italbrac, collective) A people of western Africa.
- Proper noun. The Bantu language of these people, also called Pahouin.
- Proper noun. A second, only distantly related language of Africa.
- Verb. (transitive, dialectal) To catch, capture; seize; grip; clutch; lay hold of.
- Verb. (transitive, dialectal) To take; receive with assent; accept.
- Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To receive with hospitality; welcome.
- Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To receive.
- Verb. (transitive, dialectal) To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.
- Noun. (context, Now) A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
- Noun. That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
- Noun. Any projection, catch, shoot, or other thing by which hold is taken; a prehensile part or organ.
- Noun. (context, mining) A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air.
- Noun. (rare, plural) Cage-shuts.
- Noun. (dialectal) The coil or bend of a rope; (context, by extension) a noose; a trap.
- Noun. A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh or (in snakes) for injecting venom.
- Verb. (rare) to strike or attack with the fangs.
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