He's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged.
--J. Webster.
2. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
``Chariots fanged with scythes.'' --Philips.
Since I am a dog, beware my fangs. --Shak.
2. Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.
The protuberant fangs of the yucca. --Evelyn.
3. (Anat.) The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a
tooth. See {Tooth}.
4. (Mining) A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an
air course. --Knight.
5. (Mech.) 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.
6. (Naut.)
(a) The valve of a pump box.
(b) A bend or loop of a rope.
{To lose the fang}, said of a pump when the water has gone
out; hence:
{To fang a pump}, to supply it with the water necessary to
make it operate. [Scot.]