/stæŋ/
OriginFrom Middle English stang, stong, from Old Norse stǫng, from Proto-Germanic *stangiz, *stangō (“bar, rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *stengʰ-, *stegʰ- (“to stick, sting, prick, be stiff”).
- A forked ritual staff.
“The stang represents the horned god and the masculine force of nature. Much like the wand or athame, the stang is used for raising or directing power[…]”
“In more common (and private) Wiccan circles, the stang is replaced by the athame (black handled knife) and the cauldron replaced with the chalice but its^([sic]) pretty much /whatever works for you/.”
“These stangs can be used as natural altars in outdoor rituals or simply as walking staffs.”
- archaic, obsoleteA long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
“Gripping the stang, she peered / At ghostly trees. Bus stopped. Bus disappeared.”
- historical, obsoleteIn land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.
“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 qu”
- US, abbreviation, alt-of, slangShort for "Mustang", a brand of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company.
- Scotland, intransitiveTo shoot with pain, to sting.
- Scotland, transitiveTo spear; to sting.
- dialectal, form-of, past, raresimple past of sting
- A surname.
- US, slangFord Mustang
Formsstangs(plural) · stangs(present, singular, third-person) · stanging(participle, present) · stanged(participle, past) · stanged(past) · Stangs(plural) · Stong(alternative)