Fang \Fang\ (f[a^]ng), v. t. [OE. fangen, fongen, fon (g orig. only in p. p. and imp. tense), AS. f[=o]n; akin to D. vangen, OHG. f[=a]han, G. fahen, fangen, Icel. f[=a], Sw. f[*a], f[*a]nga, Dan. fange, faae, Goth. fahan, and prob. to E. fair, peace, pact. Cf. Fair, a.]

1. To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch. [Obs.]

--Shak.

He's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged. --J. Webster.

2. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs. ``Chariots fanged with scythes.'' --Philips.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Fang \Fang\, n. [From Fang, v. t.; cf. AS. fang a taking, booty, G. fang.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

Since I am a dog, beware my fangs. --Shak.

2. Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.

The protuberant fangs of the yucca. --Evelyn.

3. (Anat.) The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See Tooth.

4. (Mining) A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course. --Knight.

5. (Mech.) 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.

6. (Naut.)
   (a) The valve of a pump box.
   (b) A bend or loop of a rope.

In a fang, fast entangled.

To lose the fang, said of a pump when the water has gone out; hence:

To fang a pump, to supply it with the water necessary to make it operate. [Scot.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)