Part 4168

<h1>Fanfare</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan"fare`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. Cf. <er>Fanfaron</er>.]</ety> <def>A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.; also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>fanfare</b> announcing the arrival of the various Christian princes. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fanfaron</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan"fa*ron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. Sp. <ets>fanfarron</ets>; cf. It. <ets>fanfano</ets>, and OSp. <ets>fanfa</ets> swaggering, boasting, also Ar. <ets>farf\'ber</ets> talkative.]</ety> <def>A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Fanfaronade</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan*far`on*ade"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>fanfaronnade</ets>, fr. Sp. <ets>fanfarronada</ets>. See <er>Fanfaron</er>.]</ety> <def>A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Fanfoot</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan"foot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A species of gecko having the toes expanded into large lobes for adhesion. The Egyptian fanfoot (<spn>Phyodactylus gecko</spn>) is believed, by the natives, to have venomous toes.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any moth of the genus <spn>Polypogon</spn>.</def>

<h1>Fang</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fang</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>fangen</ets>, <ets>fongen</ets>, <ets>fon</ets> (<ets>g</ets> orig. only in p.p. and imp. tense), AS. <ets>f<?/n</ets>; akin to D. <ets>vangen</ets>, OHG. <ets>f\'behan</ets>, G. <ets>fahen</ets>, <ets>fangen</ets>, Isel. <ets>f\'be</ets>, Sw. <ets>f<?/</ets>, <ets>f<?/nga</ets>, Dan. <ets>fange</ets>, <ets>faae</ets>, Goth. <ets>fahan</ets>, and prob. to E. <ets>fair</ets>, <ets>peace</ets>, <ets>pact</ets>. Cf. <er>Fair</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>He's in the law's clutches; you see he's <b>fanged</b>. <i>J. Webster.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.</def> "Chariots <i>fanged</i> with scythes."

<i>Philips.</i>

<h1>Fang</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fang</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Fang</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>; cf. AS. <ets>fang</ets> a taking, booty, G. <ets>fang</ets>.]</ety></wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider.</def>

<blockquote>Since I am a dog, beware my <b>fangs</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.</def>

<blockquote>The protuberant <b>fangs</b> of the yucca. <i>Evelyn.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See <er>Tooth</er>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The valve of a pump box.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A bend or loop of a rope.</def>

<cs><col>In a fang</col>, <cd>fast entangled.</cd> -- <col>To lose the fang</col>, <cd>said of a pump when the water has gone out</cd>; hence: <col>To fang a pump</col>, <cd>to supply it with the water necessary to make it operate. <mark>[Scot.]</mark></cd></cs>