tang

¹

[ tang ]

noun

1. a strong taste or flavor.

   Synonyms: savor

2. the distinctive flavor or quality of a thing.
3. a pungent or distinctive odor.
4. a touch or suggestion of something; slight trace.

   Synonyms: hint, taste

5. a long and slender projecting strip, tongue, or prong forming part of an object, as a chisel, file, or knife, and serving as a means of attachment for another part, as a handle or stock.
6. a surgeonfish.

verb (used with object)

1. to furnish with a tang.

tang

²

[ tang ]

noun

1. a sharp ringing or twanging sound; clang.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to ring or twang; clang.

T'ang

³

or Tang

[ tahng ]

noun

1. a dynasty in China, a.d. 618–907, marked by territorial expansion, the invention of printing, and the high development of poetry.

tang

¹

/ tæŋ /

noun

1. a strong taste or flavour

   the tang of the sea

2. a pungent or characteristic smell

   the tang of peat fires

3. a trace, touch, or hint of something

   a tang of cloves in the apple pie

4. the pointed end of a tool, such as a chisel, file, knife, etc, which is fitted into a handle, shaft, or stock

Tang

²

/ tæŋ /

noun

1. the imperial dynasty of China from 618–907 ad

Word History and Origins

Origin of tang¹

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English tange “tongue of a snake, projection on a tool,” perhaps from Old Norse tangi “projection, headland, tang of a blade”

Origin of tang²

First recorded in 1660–70; imitative; ting ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of tang¹

C14: from Old Norse tangi point; related to Danish tange point, spit

Example Sentences

Assuredly no living man is thus and thus; or are the T'ang epicists returned to earth?

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When T'ang had all below heaven, he chose Yi-yin from the many, lifted him up, and the men without love fled.

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In twelfth-century Europe a man might have been greatly moved by a Romanesque church and found nothing in a T'ang picture.

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Under the T'ang dynasty the belief in wer-vixens, who changed into fascinating women to tempt men, was prevalent.

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The foreign policy of this first period of the T'ang, lasting until about 690, was mainly concerned with the Turks and Turkestan.

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