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The jaw, jawbone, or cheek bone. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] So work aye the wangs in his head. Chaucer.

oat for conveying provisions, tools, etc.; -- so called by Maine lumbermen. [Written also wangun.] Bartlett.

A pillow for the cheek; a pillow. [Obs. & R.] His bright helm was his wanger. Chaucer.

The Chinese name of one or two species of bamboo, or jointed cane, of the genus Phyllostachys. The slender stems are much used for walking sticks. [Written also whanghee.]

A boomerang.

A piece of wood set between two studs, posts, etc., to stiffen and support them.

A pheasantlike bird of rich plumage and graceful form and movement, fabled to appear in the land on the accession of a sage to the throne, or when right principles are about to prevail. It is often represented on porcelains and other works of art.

imp. of Swing.

noise; to make the sound of a tense string pulled and suddenly let go; as, the bowstring twanged.

To twang. While the twangling violin Struck up with Soldier-laddie. Tennyson.

Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone. [R.] His strange face, his strange chant. Macaulay. Ambrosian chant, See under Ambrosian. Chant royal Etym: [F.], in old French poetry, a poem containing five strophes of eleven lines each, and a concluding stanza. -- each of these six parts ending with a common refrain. --…

Concordant; musical; consonant; as, harmonic sounds. Harmonic twang! of leather, horn, and brass. Pope.

To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer. [R.] Cowley.

To pluck and release quickly (a musical string); to twang.

An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.

The line or cord of a bow. Ps. xi. 2. He twangs the grieving string. Pope.

Fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. Cf. Tang a twang. Such proceedings had a strong tang of tyranny. Fuller. A cant of philosophism, and a tang of party politics. Jeffrey.

To cause to make a sharp twanging sound; to twang, or twangle. Addison.

See Wanghee.

See Wanger. [Obs.] Chaucer.