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Strang vs Stang - What's the difference?

strang | stang |

As verbs the difference between strang and stang

is that strang is while stang is .

strang

English

Adjective

(er)
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    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 ----