fanging

Verb (1)

fang (third-person singular simple present fangs, present participle fanging, simple past and past participle fanged)

1. (rare) To strike or attack with the fangs.
2. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
   • chariots fang'd with scythes1722, Ambrose Philips, The Briton

Verb (2)

fang (third-person singular simple present fangs, present participle fanging, simple past and past participle fanged)

1. (archaic, dialectal, transitive) To catch, capture; seize.
   • Gentlemen, break not the head of the peace: it's to no purpose, for he's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged.1605, John Webster, Northward Ho, act 1, scene 2

   Synonyms:

   clasp, grasp, grip, clutch, lay hold of, beclasp, begrasp, begrip, belock, clench

2. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To take; receive with assent; accept.

   Synonyms:

   land, lay hands on, score, acquire, accept, attain, come by, cop, enlist, gain

3. (obsolete, transitive) To receive with hospitality.

   Synonyms:

   greet, welcome

4. (obsolete, transitive, a thing given or imposed) To receive.

   Synonyms:

   cop, get, acquire, accept, attain, come by, enlist, gain, garner, get hold of

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