fangful

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Having sharp or menacing fangs.

   • Cerberus, soon as our adit he espied, Quivering in every limb for anger, wide Opened his fangful mouths, and at us gnasht.
   • The cat was curled in a soft armchair close by the fire. She yawned a fangful yawn, stretched her claws and sat up.
   • As Kerin came abreast of the reptile, the lizard opened its eyes, looked around, and rose on stumpy legs. It swiveled about to face Kerin, scattering sand; it opened fangful jaws and hissed like a kettle.
2. 2

   Cruel or venomous.

   • That have lookt forward to a dawning sweet, Upon my tongue they have been bitter. Oh, I drained the cup of scorn in those old days When laughter and detraction followed me From fangful packs of snarlers, e'er and aye
   • Often the Crane Dame and a few others like her were fangful, seemingly garbed in witches' outfits and spitting venom whenever I was in their presence.
3. 3

   An amount (of venom) sufficient to fill a fang.

   • With a howl of pain he grabbed the evil thing by the tail before it could sneak away. A big black cobra with its fangful of venom.
   • She lunged then, faster than Orsa had, something black and terrible in her face like a serpent about to unleash a fangful of venom.
   • Not long after that, something fast and cool plunged a fangful of venom into his wrist, then slipped over the side of the boat with a gentle plop before he could get a good look at it.
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   1. 4

      An amount sufficient to fill a fanged creature's mouth.

      • We heard how two copperheads line each side of the Frail to bite hikers as they pass, assuring at least one of the snakes a fangful.
      • And down the dark and twisting clouds came a foggy stream of running wolves with luminous eyes, Quicksilver at their forefront, snapping at the head of the Wendigo, biting it away in airy fangfuls.
      • Looking shiftily about, her eight eyes glittering like pewter sequins, she grabbed a fangful of crumbs.

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