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DICTIONARY OF RHYMES. |
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bang
clang
fang
gang
hang
pang
rang
sang |
ANG |
crank dank § drank frank hank lank || plank prank |
rank
shank
slank
spank
stank
thank
disrank
mountebank |
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slang stang * swang
tang t twang harangue long |
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ANSE (see ANCE)
ANT
ant aslant
aunt displant
cant enchant
chant gallant
grant implant
pant merchant
plant mordant
rant rampant
slant recant |
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ANGE |
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change
grange
range
strange
arrange |
estrange exchange interchange revenge |
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bank blank |
ANK |
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brank % clank |
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* Obsolete. A measure of land, a perch, a long pole, shaft. Hiding the stang was a rude outcome of popular indignation against wife beaters and such-like offenders, which was prevalent in Yorkshire some forty or fifty years ago. The youth of a neighbourhood would assemble, and mount one of their number upon a pole borne upon the shoulders of others. Gathering a noisy crowd they would go round the district denouncing the evil-doer in a strange rigmarole of imprecations, which they brought to a climax in front of the offender's house.
t Probably from sting : a strong flavour, a piercing sound, a twang. The least tang of misery.—Scott. She had a tongue with a tang, Would cry to a sailor, go hang.—Shakspere. J Obsolete. A bridle, an instrument formerly used for punishing scolds.
—(Halliwell). § Damp, wet, moisture.
Folds his dank wing beneath the ivy shade.—Heber. The dank of winter.—Marston. [| Thin, empty, languid.
My body lank and lean.—Gascoign*. A lank purse.—Barrow. He, piteous of her woes, reared her lank head.—Milton. 1f No nightingale did ever chant.
More welcome notes to weary bands Of travellers, in some shady haunt.
Wordsworth. |
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