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Stang vs Stong - What's the difference?

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Stong is a synonym of stang.



As nouns the difference between stang and stong

is that stang is a long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake while stong is an area of land equivalent to a quarter of an acre.

As a verb stang

is to shoot with pain, to sting.

stang

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (cognate with Old English steng).

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic, or, obsolete) A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
  • * 1962 ,
    • Gripping the stang , she peered / At ghostly trees. Bus stopped. Bus disappeared.
  • (archaic, or, obsolete) In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.
  • * 1880 ,
    • These fields were intermingled with woods of half a stang ,*... (with the corresponding footnote: "An old word for a perch, sixteen feet and a half. These small woods were therefore eight feet and a quarter.")
    Derived terms
    * stang ball * ride the stang

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Scotland) To shoot with pain, to sting.
  • (Scotland) To spear; to sting.

    • Etymology 3

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dialect, rare) (sting)

    • Anagrams

    * English irregular simple past forms ----

    stong

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) An area of land equivalent to a quarter of an acre.

    • Synonyms

    * stang

    Anagrams

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