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Entry 8 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Fang

/(făng)/ · IPA /ˈfæ̝ŋ/
01 v. t. To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch.
  1. 1.
    To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch.[Obs.]
    “He's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged.” — J. Webster.
  2. 2.
    To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
02 n. The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous teet…
  1. 1.
    The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider.(Zool.)
    “Since I am a dog, beware my fangs.” — Shak.
  2. 2.
    Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.
    “The protuberant fangs of the yucca.” — Evelyn.
  3. 3.
    The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See Tooth.(Anat.) See: Tooth
  4. 4.
    A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course.(Mining)
  5. 5.
    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.(Mech.)
  6. 6.
    The valve of a pump box.(Naut.)
Phrases & compounds
In a fang — fast entangled.
To lose the fang — said of a pump when the water has gone out
To fang a pump — to supply it with the water necessary to make it operate.