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Definition of 'stang'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (cognate with Old English steng).
Noun
( en-noun)
(archaic|or|obsolete) A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
* 1962 ,
- Gripping the stang , she peered / At ghostly trees. Bus stopped. Bus disappeared.
(archaic|or|obsolete) In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.
* 1880 ,
- These fields were intermingled with woods of half a stang ,*... (with the corresponding footnote: "An old word for a perch, sixteen feet and a half. These small woods were therefore eight feet and a quarter.")
Derived terms
* stang ball
* ride the stang
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .
Verb
( en-verb)
(Scotland) To shoot with pain, to sting.
(Scotland) To spear; to sting.
Etymology 3
Verb
(head)
(dialect|rare) (sting)
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