STANG, noun [G.] 1. A pole, rod or perch; a measure of land. [Not in use.] 2. A long bar; a pole; a shaft. To ride the stang is to be carried on a pole on mens shoulders, in derision. [Local.] STANG, verb intransitive To shoot with pain. [Local.]
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