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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tang1

▶noun

2 the projection on the blade of a knife or other tool by which the blade is held firmly in the handle.

– origin ME (denoting a snake's tongue or the sting of an insect): from ON tangi ‘point, tang of a knife’.

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tang2

▶verb make a loud ringing or clanging sound.

– origin C16: imitative.

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tang3

▶noun a surgeonfish which occurs around reefs and rocks. [Genus Acanthurus: several species.]

– origin C18: from tang1.

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