stang (plural stangs)
(archaic or obsolete) A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
(archaic or obsolete) In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.
stang (third-person singular simple present stangs, present participle stanging, simple past and past participle stanged)
(intransitive, Scotland) To shoot with pain, to sting.
(transitive, Scotland) To spear; to sting.
stang
(dialect, rare) simple past tense of sting
stang (plural stangs)
(slang, US) Short for "Mustang", a brand of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company.
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Stang (plural Stangs)
A surname.
(US, slang, automotive) Ford Mustang
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Stang is the 9286th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3505 individuals. Stang is most common among White (91.93%) individuals.
• 'ganst, Gnats, Tangs, Tsang, angst, gnast, gnat's, gnats, tangs
Source: Wiktionary
Stang,
Definition: imp. of Sting. [Archaic]
Stang, n. Etym: [OE. stange, of Scand. or Dutch origin; cf. Icel. stöng, akin to Dan. stang, Sw. stång, D. stang, G. stange, OHG. stanga, AS. steng; from the root of E. sting.]
1. A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
2. In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Swift. Stang ball, a projectile consisting of two half balls united by a bar; a bar shot. See Illust. of Bar shot, under Bar.
– To ride the stang, to be carried on a pole on men's shoulders. This method of punishing wife beaters, etc., was once in vogue in some parts of England.
Stang, v. i. Etym: [Akin to sting; cf. Icel. stanga to prick, to goad.]
Definition: To shoot with pain. [Prov. Eng.]
Sting, n. Etym: [AS. sting a sting. See Sting, v. t.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secrets an acrid fluid, as in nettles. The points of these hairs usually break off in the wound, and the acrid fluid is pressed into it.
3. Anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the stings of remorse; the stings of reproach. The sting of death is sin. 1 Cor. xv. 56.
4. The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging. "The lurking serpent's mortal sting." Shak.
5. A goad; incitement. Shak.
6. The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying. Sting moth (Zoöl.), an Australian moth (Doratifera vulnerans) whose larva is armed, at each end of the body, with four tubercles bearing powerful stinging organs.
– Sting ray. (Zoöl.) See under 6th Ray.
– Sting winkle (Zoöl.), a spinose marine univalve shell of the genus Murex, as the European species (Murex erinaceus). See Illust. of Murex.
Sting, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stung (Archaic Stang (); p. pr. & vb. n. Stinging.] Etym: [AS. stingan; akin to Icel. & Sw. stinga, Dan. stinge, and probably to E. stick, v.t.; cf. Goth. usstiggan to put out, pluck out. Cf. Stick, v. t.]
1. To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands.
2. To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse; to bite. "Slander stings the brave." Pope.
3. To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
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