Tang
Definition of Tang
Pronunciation: tăng | n. | 1. | (Bot.) A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus). | | 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. | | 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. | | 4. | The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle. | | 5. | The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock. | | 6. | The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened. | | 7. | The tongue of a buckle. | | 1. | A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang. | | 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. | | v. t. | 1. | To cause to ring or sound loudly; to ring. | | v. i. | 1. | To make a ringing sound; to ring. |
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