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stang


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stang  \Stang\, 
  imp.  of  {Sting}.  [Archaic] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stang  \Stang\,  n.  [OE.  stange,  of  Scand.  or  Dutch  origin;  cf 
  Icel.  st["o]ng,  akin  to  Dan.  stang,  Sw  st[*a]ng,  D.  stang, 
  G.  stange,  OHG.  stanga,  AS  steng;  from  the  root  of  E. 
  sting.] 
  1.  A  long  bar;  a  pole;  a  shaft;  a  stake. 
 
  2.  In  land  measure,  a  pole,  rod,  or  perch.  [Obs.  or  Prov. 
  Eng.]  --Swift. 
 
  {Stang  ball},  a  projectile  consisting  of  two  half  balls 
  united  by  a  bar;  a  bar  shot.  See  Illust.  of  {Bar  shot}, 
  under  {Bar}. 
 
  {To  ride  the  stang},  to  be  carried  on  a  pole  on  men's 
  shoulders.  This  method  of  punishing  wife  beaters,  etc., 
  was  once  in  vogue  in  some  parts  of  England. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stang  \Stang\,  v.  i.  [Akin  to  sting;  cf  Icel.  stanga  to  prick, 
  to  goad.] 
  To  shoot  with  pain.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sting  \Sting\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Stung}(Archaic  {Stang});  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Stinging}.]  [AS.  stingan;  akin  to  Icel.  &  Sw 
  stinga,  Dan.  stinge,  and  probably  to  E.  stick,  v.t.;  cf 
  Goth.  usstiggan  to  put  out  pluck  out  Cf  {Stick},  v.  t.] 
  1.  To  pierce  or  wound  with  a  sting;  as  bees  will  sting  an 
  animal  that  irritates  them  the  nettles  stung  his  hands. 
 
  2.  To  pain  acutely;  as  the  conscience  is  stung  with  remorse; 
  to  bite.  ``Slander  stings  the  brave.''  --Pope. 
 
  3.  To  goad;  to  incite,  as  by  taunts  or  reproaches.