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What does fang mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive, dialectal or archaic) To catch, capture; seize; grip; clutch; lay hold of.
  2. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To take; receive with assent; accept.
  3. (transitive, obsolete, as a guest) To receive with hospitality; welcome.
  4. (transitive, obsolete, a thing given or imposed) To receive.
  5. (transitive, dialectal) To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.
Noun
  1. (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
  2. That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
  3. Any projection, catch, shoot, or other thing by which hold is taken; a prehensile part or organ.
  4. (mining) A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air.
  5. (plural) Cage-shuts.
  6. (nautical) The coil or bend of a rope; (by extension) a noose; a trap.
  7. (nautical) The valve of a pump box.
Verb
  1. (Scotland, transitive) To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.
Noun
  1. a long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh
  2. (in snakes) a long pointed tooth for injecting venom
Verb
  1. (rare) To strike or attack with the fangs.
  2. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
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