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croc
, croc de chien
, crochet
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Fang
- (v. t.) 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.
- (a.) To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch.
- (a.) To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
- (v. t.) A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course.
- (v. t.) The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See Tooth.
- (v. t.) A bend or loop of a rope.
- (v. t.) Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.
- (v. t.) The valve of a pump box.
- (v. t.) 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.
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• Fangled
- (a.) New made; hence, gaudy; showy; vainly decorated. [Obs., except with the prefix new.] See Newfangled.
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• Fangleness
- (n.) Quality of being fangled.
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