infang
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom in- + fang. Compare Old English onfōn (past participle onfangen; "to take, receive, perceive, comprehend, accept, take to one’s self, sponsor, harbor, favor unrighteously, take hold of, undertake, undergo, begin, conceive").
Verb
editinfang (third-person singular simple present infangs, present participle infanging, simple past and past participle infanged)
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To draw or take in.
- (transitive, dialectal or obsolete, Scotland) To cheat; gull; take in.
- (transitive, dialectal or obsolete, Scotland) To seize; get into one's clutches.
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editShortened from infangthief.
Noun
editinfang (plural infangs)
- Alternative form of infangthief