To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch. [Obs.]
He's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged.
To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
Fang
n.
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. (Zool.)
Since I am a dog, beware my fangs.
Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.
The protuberant fangs of the yucca.
The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See Tooth. (Anat.)
A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course. (Mining)
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. (Mech.)
The valve of a pump box. (Naut.)
Phrases & Compounds
In a fang
fast entangled.
To lose the fang
said of a pump when the water has gone out
To fang a pump
to supply it with the water necessary to make it operate.