stang

American  

[stang] / stæŋ /

verb

Obsolete.

1. simple past tense of sting.

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stang British  

/ stæŋ /

verb

1. archaic a past tense of sting

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Example Sentences

But I have strong suspicions you are, and if so, as the children say, "I hope that stang!"

From Time Magazine Archive

It was at least a fathom lang, And tapered, at the end a stang Like harpoon dart or arrow head, Glittering and gleaming fiery red.

From A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews by Flint, Violet

The shorter pipe-fish, stang, or sting, Sygnathus acus.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

The stang was ridden at the ancient town of Hedon, 18th, 19th, and 20th February, 1889.

From Bygone Punishments by Andrews, William

A blessing on the cheery gang Wha dearly like a jig or sang, An’ never think o’ right an’ wrang By square an’ rule, But as the clegs o’ feeling stang Are wise or fool.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert