Substantiv
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tongue.
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A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
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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.
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A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
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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.
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The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
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The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
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The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
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The tongue of a buckle.
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A group of saltwater fish from the Acanthuridae family, especially the Zebrasoma genus, also known as the surgeonfish.
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A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
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A coarse blackish seaweed.
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The vagina; intercourse with a woman.
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Verb
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To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper. Eva Crane, The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting, Taylor & Francis 1999, ISBN 0415924677, page 239. Hilda M. Ransome, The Sacred Bee in Ancient Times and Folklore, Courier Dover Publications 2004, ISBN 048643494X, page 225.
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To make a ringing sound; to ring.
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