Tang /(tăng)/

1. A coarse blackish seaweed (Fucus nodosus). (Bot.)

1. A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask.
2. Fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. Cf. Tang a twang.

   Such proceedings had a strong tang of tyranny.

   A cant of philosophism, and a tang of party politics.

3. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part; anything resembling a tongue in form or position.
4. The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
5. The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
6. The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
7. The tongue of a buckle. [Prov. Eng.]

1. A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.

1. A dynasty in Chinese history, from a. d. 618 to 905, distinguished by the founding of the Imperial Academy (the Hanlin), by the invention of printing, and as marking a golden age of literature.

imp. & p. p. Tanged; p. pr. & vb. n. Tanging

1. To cause to ring or sound loudly; to ring.

   Let thy tongue tang arguments of state.

1. To make a ringing sound; to ring.

   Let thy tongue tang arguments of state.