the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Tang
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
(2):
(n.) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
(3):
(n.) The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
(4):
(n.) The tongue of a buckle.
(5):
(n.) A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
(6):
(v. t.) To cause to ring or sound loudly; to ring.
(7):
(n.) 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.
(8):
(n.) Fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. Cf. Tang a twang.
(9):
(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.
(10):
(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.
(11):
(v. i.) To make a ringing sound; to ring.
(12):
(n.) A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus).
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tang'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/tang.html. 1828.
