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Tang

Tang (tang)
n.(t1913 webster dictionaryng)
Tang
[Of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. tang seaweed, Sw. tång, Icel. þang. Cf. Tangle.] (Bot.)
  1. A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus).
    Dr. Prior.

    Tang sparrow (Zoöl.), the rock pipit. [Prov. Eng.]

Tang

Tang (tang)
n.
Tang
  1. A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask.
  2. Fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. Cf. Tang a twang.

    Such proceedings had a strong tang of tyranny. Fuller.

    A cant of philosophism, and a tang of party politics. Jeffrey.

  3. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part; anything resembling a tongue in form or position.
    Specifically: --

    (a)

Tang

Tang (tang)
n.
Tang
  1. A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.

Tang

Tang (tang)
v. t.
Tang
  1. To cause to ring or sound loudly] to ring.

    Let thy tongue tang arguments of state. Shak.

    To tang bees, to cause a swarm of bees to settle, by beating metal to make a din.

Tang

Tang (tang)
v. i.
Tang
  1. To make a ringing sound; to ring.

    Let thy tongue tang arguments of state. Shak.

Tang

Tang (tang)
n.(täng)
Tang
[Chin. T'ang.]
  1. A dynasty in Chinese history, from a. d. 618 to 905, distinguished by the founding of the Imperial Academy (the Hanlin), by the invention of printing, and as marking a golden age of literature.












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