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語源 1

From Middle English stange, from 古期英語 stæng, steng, stenge (“pole, rod, bar, stake, stick”); possibly reinforced by Old Norse stǫng; both from Proto-Germanic *stangō, *stangiz (“bar, rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *stengʰ-, *stegʰ- (“to stick, sting, prick, be stiff”).

名詞

stang (複数形 stangs)

1. (Wicca, paganism) A forked ritual staff.
   • 2006 January 7, Lady Sabrina, Exploring Wicca, Updated Edition, →ISBN, page 87:

     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 […]

   • 2009 June 22, Yowie, “Sikh Quaker?”, in soc.religion.quaker‎^[1]:

     In more common (かつ 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/.

   • 2014 January 8, Ann Moura, Green Witchcraft: Folk Magic, Fairy Lore & Herb Craft, →ISBN, page 7:

     These stangs can be used as natural altars in outdoor rituals or simply as walking staffs.

2. (archaic or obsolete) A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
   • 1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire:

     Gripping the stang, she peered / At ghostly trees. Bus stopped. Bus disappeared.

3. (archaic or obsolete) In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.
   • 1880, Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels into several Remote Nations of the World - Part I, Chapter II (Page 15)

     These fields were intermingled with woods of half a stang,*... (with the corresponding footnote: "An old word for a perch, sixteen feet かつ a half. These small woods were therefore eight feet かつ a quarter.")

派生語

• stang ball
• ride the stang

語源 2

From Old Norse stanga (“prick, goad”).

動詞

stang (三人称単数 現在形 stangs, 現在分詞 stanging, 過去形および過去分詞形 stanged)

1. (intransitive, Scotland) To shoot with pain, to sting.
2. (transitive, Scotland) To spear; to sting.

動詞

stang

1. (dialect, rare) simple past of sting

名詞

stang (複数形 stangs)

1. (slang, US) Short for "Mustang", a brand of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company.

アナグラム

• 'ganst, Gnats, Tangs, Tsang, angst, gnast, gnat's, gnats, tangs