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noun

Tang n. (Bot.) A coarse blackish seaweed (Fucus nodosus).

Tang sparrow (Zool.), the rock pipit. (Prov. Eng.)

Tang n.

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.

Fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. Cf. Tang a twang. "Such proceedings had a strong tang of tyranny." "A cant of philosophism, and a tang of party politics."

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)

The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.

(b)

The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.

(c)

The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.

(d)

The tongue of a buckle. (Prov. Eng.)

Tang n. A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.

Tang n. 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.

verb

Tang v. t. (past & past part. tanged; pres. part. tanging) To cause to ring or sound loudly; to ring. "Let thy tongue tang arguments of state."

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

Tang v. i. To make a ringing sound; to ring. "Let thy tongue tang arguments of state."

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Etymology of 'Tang'

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"Tang" Quotes from Famous Books

... sewing bees and church sociables and afternoon bridges. A hunger for the city is upon me. The long, lazy summer days have slipped by. There is an autumn tang in the air. The breeze has a ...

— Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed • Edna Ferber

... frequently are they, when fulfilled, as good as we painted them! The prismatic splendours of the rain bow, which gleam before us and which we toil to catch, are but grey rain-drops when caught. Joys attract and, attained, have incompleteness and a tang of bitterness. The fish is never so heavy when landed on the sward as it felt when struggling on our hook. 'All is vanity'—yes, if creatures and things temporal are pursued as our good. But nothing is vanity, if we have the life in ...

— Expositions of Holy Scripture - Isaiah and Jeremiah • Alexander Maclaren

... Forcythe was a little better. Her head ached less; she sat up on her pillows and drank a cup of tea. Mary was smoothing her mother's hair with soft pats of the brush, when suddenly the church bells began to ring. She had never heard such sounds before. The bell at Valley Hill was cracked, and went tang—tang—tang, as if the meeting-house were an old cow walking slowly about. These bells had a dozen different voices,—some deep and solemn, others bright and clear, but all beautiful; and across their pealing a soft, delicious chime from the tower of the Episcopal church went to and ...

— Nine Little Goslings • Susan Coolidge

... The old gentleman smiled upon him kindly and patronizingly. He had been born and brought up in New York. He was receptive to new ideas and people. There was something about Uncle William—a subtle tang—that he liked. It was a ...

— Uncle William - The Man Who Was Shif'less • Jennette Lee

... tales, which needed a good deal of editing, are derived from the learned pages of the 'Journal of the Anthropological Institute.' With these exceptions, and 'The Magic Book,' translated by Mrs. Pedersen, from 'Eventyr fra Jylland,' by Mr. Ewald Tang Kristensen (Stories from Jutland), all the tales have been done, from various sources, by Mrs. Lang, who has modified, where it ...

— The Orange Fairy Book • Andrew Lang

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