5. (Mech.)
Defn: 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.
6. (Naut.) (a) The valve of a pump box. (b) A bend or loop of a rope. In a fang, fast entangled. — To lose the fang, said of a pump when the water has gone out; hence: To fang a pump, to supply it with the water necessary to make it operate. [Scot.]
FANGED
Fanged, a.
Defn: Having fangs or tusks; as, a fanged adder. Also used figuratively.
FANGLE Fan"gle, n. Etym: [From Fang, v. t.; hence, prop., a taking up a new thing.]
Defn: Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.
FANGLE
Fan"gle, v. t.
Defn: To fashion. [Obs.]
To control and new fangle the Scripture. Milton.
FANGLED
Fan"gled, a.