English English Dictionary

To get or become tanned.

Same as Banxring.

Any one of numerous species of bright-colored singing birds belonging to Tanagra, Piranga, and allied genera. The scarlet tanager (Piranga erythromelas) and the summer redbird (Piranga rubra) are common species of the United States.

Of or pertaining to the tanagers.

Tanagrine.

An Asiatic wild dog (Canis procyonoides), native of Japan and adjacent countries. It has a short, bushy tail. Called also raccoon dog.

One after another; -- said especially of horses harnessed and driven one before another, instead of abreast.

A team of horses harnessed one before the other.

A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus).

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.

Fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. Cf. Tang a twang.

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.

The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.

The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.

The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.

The tongue of a buckle.

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

To cause to ring or sound loudly; to ring.

To make a ringing sound; to ring.

An East Indian civet (Viverra tangalunga).